Urban life fundamentally means coping with strangers and anonymity

Evidence

To live in a city is, among many other things, to live surrounded by large numbers of persons whom one does not know. To experience the city is, among many other things, to experience anonymity. To cope with the city is, among many other things, to cope with strangers. This is a book, then, about that very peculiar social situation. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 7

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes the precise analytic object — ‘the world of strangers’ as the distinctive urban social situation of anonymity.