in/on the street

[amandeep_singh88]

What is the difference between "in the street" and "on the street"?

 

[Barb_D]

There are differences in how these phrases are used in the US and in other places.

American usage:
We live "on" a street, not "in" a street.

Children, it's not safe to play "in" the street! (That's where the cars go.)

If you live "on the streets" you are homeless.

 

[bhaisahab]

In BrE we tend to live "in" streets. Like Americans, we are homeless if we live "on the streets"