We Should Design for More Loitering

Hi there! This is what I was listening to while writing this week’s installment of No License Required. Studies from the 80s (Whyte, p 24) and today (Happy Cities, p. 8) have shown that by building out social infrastructure, we can increase people’s dwell time (aka loitering) by as much as 50%. It seems straightforward enough but what is social infrastructure and how can we get people to stop seeing loitering as a bad thing? Let’s be clear here. Aggressive behavior is bad. Aggressive behavior...