Originally Posted by helterskelter808

In this context a street is an open space, an area. If you're not in that area, where are you? Floating above it? Would you say there's a homeless guy "on that park" or "in that park"? Would you say there's a cow "in that field" or "on that field"?

They're "on top" of all those things too, right?

Edit: Fuck, reading that back it's like trying to educate a 4 year old.