loiter
v. to linger or hang around in a public place or business where one has no particular or legal purpose. In many states, cities and towns there are statutes or ordinances against loitering by which the police can arrest someone who refuses to "move along." There is a question as to whether such laws are constitutional. However, there is often another criminal statute or ordinance which can be applied specifically to control aggressive begging, soliciting prostitution, drug dealing, blocking entries to stores, public drunkenness or being a public nuisance.

What would a purposeful public loiter-in be like? A planned, peaceful and friendly, legal shared activity of being downtown without a focus of spending money?

What is really going on when the word loiter is applied to the act of living? Existing. Enjoying. Sharing public space. Sitting. Standing. Dancing. Relaxing. Observing. Communing. Dozing. Contemplating. Reading. Conversing. Snacking. Sipping. Hanging out. Music might be made, cards might be played, babies might be nursed, stories might be shared.

The neighborhood puts pedestrians first. The outdoor space is shaped for the primary goal of the experience of human beings, their interaction and exchange. Cars and other transport systems fit into this primary structure, and do not damage it. Buildings primarily shape and support this realm and enhance it, and object buildings and expressions are secondary.

Neighborhood that are vibrant and alive