street life
Sidewalk daily scene
Street life is the culture and daily existence of people who spend most of their time in urban public spaces—sidewalks, corners, alleys, parks.
The term often implies poverty, homelessness, or involvement in underground economies: He got caught up in street life young.
It can also refer more neutrally to the general activity and character of city streets: The neighborhood has vibrant street life.
- buskersPublic space entertainers
- homelessnessLacking permanent residence
- rough sleepersPeople sleeping without shelter
- breakdancersHip-hop acrobatic performers
- pedestriansPeople traveling on foot
food carts · littering · muralists · survival · urban decay · graffiti artists · scavengers · poverty · hustle · block party · open-air markets · city lights · community organizers · vagrancy · hawkers · corner store · streetwalkers · back alley
- city lifecity, traffic noise, downtown, metropolis, city halls
- urban lifesidewalks, neighborhood, apartments, skyline, buses
- urban neighborhoodneighborhood, block party, corner store, sidewalk, stoop
- neighborhood fictionhousing projects
- urban fictionurban drama, urban fiction, inner city, mean streets, urban youth
- Urban Literatureurban settings, cityscapes, urban decay, urban landscape, cityscape
street lifesuburban life
Residential outskirts dwelling
country living · rural life · suburbia · small-town life · village life
street lifehome life
Daily existence at residence
domestic life · family life · hearth and home · private life