Urban strangerhood is a poetic framing that requires precise specification.

Evidence

Up to this point, I have referred repeatedly to cities as “worlds of strangers.” I have spoken of the city as a place where persons find themselves to be “strangers in the midst of strangers.” This is poetic license. It is time now to be more specific. — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 116