You need hands

https://youtu.be/NBslXprykHA

agreed with this

we ought to have more of a cafe culture in summer

Ooooh, you are clearly still smarting from yesterday’s spanking to have to shoehorn a clumsy reference to me into your post there.

Poor little hyoobert, so bad at chat, so alone.

London is chock a block with outdoor seated cafes, pubs and restaurants, with lots busy even in winter. The difference is that in the street life of the Med, South America or SE Asia people will just be outdoors having a wander and catching up with friends while kids kick a football about.

Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the US are terrible for street life. 

There's even cafe culture in Hastings but you need tattoos, a chunky gold chain and a status dog to really blend in.

Why is Hastings so rammed with undesirable day drinking street walkers? 

Because they were shipped there by London councils in the 1980's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e7OHLqEyAA

I’d been given to understand the seaside towns were enjoying a renaissance, heaving with emigres from London. Is that not the case?

It is the case but takes a lot of new emigres to make up for 100 years of decay.

our version of street life is dog walking

I think the Milanese have this sorted, the centre is full of covered streets so not even the rain stops their parading about or outdoor coffees 

There is a Costa next to my work. Old guys sit out there every morning come rain or shine. We might as well be in Rimini.    

I remember old boys playing chess and drafts outside used to be a thing when I was a kid.    Dont see that so much these days, or perhaps I am not in the right places at the right times now.

draughts  ffs

"We might as well be in Rimini."

Lollers. 

"There is a Costa next to my work. Old guys sit out there every morning come rain or shine."

I've just checked this out on Google Street View, and there they are! Heh! 

They always look at their watches when I stroll in at 9.10. I wish them a cheery Good Morning but there's an edge to it. 

weather isn't the only factor, Belgium and NL have similar climate to the UK but many towns have pleasant central squares with cafes / brasseries with outdoor seating, heated and covered if need be where you can watch the world go by. But in the UK using a central town square for anything other than parking is wAr On thE mOTOrist

Everyone in the city drinks outside.

What I've never really understood about ME and Med is it all men. Where are the women? At work?

In the salon. 

In the kitchen

All the what?

Indoors

It is a good point that other cooler climate european countries seem to have more of an outdoor cafe culture than us.    Seems to be far more common to sit outside in a hat coat scarf and gloves.

I’m a fan of street life on holiday. 

I'm a fan of Roxy Music.