Smart in a worldly sense

• In tune with the city, is surrounded by various tweeters
• Like some urchins
• Savvy, in a way

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Having the necessary knack, personality and instinct for survival in rough, urban environments. 2 Possessing a style that embodies the life and microculture located within urban settings, typically in the States.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Streetwise is a 1984 documentary film by director Martin Bell . It followed in the wake of a July 1983 Life magazine article, "Streets of the Lost", by writer Cheryl McCall and photographer Mary Ellen Mark , Bell's wife. According to Mark's accompanying ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment [syn: street smart , with-it ]

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a streetwise detective ▪ Copeland is a streetwise cop who knows how to take care of himself. ▪ He seemed very streetwise for a kid who had just left school. ▪ Kids these days are much more streetwise than we ever ...