Modern cities purged disorderly public conduct by making it outright illegal

Evidence

Much additional activity that cluttered the public areas of the preindustrial city has, in the modern city, been “controlled” by the simple expedient of making it completely illegal (Stinchcombe, 1963). — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 375

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Urban countercultures were actively erased from London’s official history — Mark Fisher, Ghosts of My Life: Writings on…, 466