hang around/be about

[san]

Hi I would like to know if the meaning of hang around is be about in this sentence and if it means that the person stays near the town doesn´t really live there ?

"I will be teaching this summer (July) and attending workshops in June. So I will be hanging around Boone most of the summer and starting my next project."

thanks

[mykwyner]

In America, we rarely use "about" to mean "in the vicinity." So, if one is hanging around Boone (which is a beautiful town here in the mountains of North Carolina) then, one will "be about."

[san]

which means be around ..

thanks!