It means everyone on a city block as their role play in the integration, stableness, and make-up of a neighborhood. Everyone from shopkeepers, to seniors, to stay at home moms, to commuters through the neighborhood, etch, etc. This ballet, when done right, stabilizes neighborhoods, inhibits crimes from happening, and makes the neighborhood what it is.
Read the Death and Life of Great American Cities, where the idea comes from.
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