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Interesting. I haven’t spent enough time in Europe to encounter these yet. It sounds very nice!
by nihonde 8y ago
Interesting. I haven’t spent enough time in Europe to encounter these yet. It sounds very nice!
- metildaa 8y agoWhat OP describes is pretty common in the PNW, town squares or neighborhood squares will have a number of different seating areas, restrooms, hookups so you can have a food vendor or three without stringing electric cabling and water pipes everywhere, etc. In SoCal, some towns like Oceanside have a very vibrant street fair that is very enjoyable.
- eropple 8y agoFWIW, I grew up with such things in rural New England and the park an eighth of a mile of a subway stop here in Boston provides a similar value. I don't think this is just a European phenomenon--more of one where there is currently, or was recently, a sense of real community.