The traditional market in this city was very...traditional. Everything seemed a bit outdated compared to the markets he had seen in his country.
The traditional market area was quite wide, but the market arrangement was not good so it looked so cramped with randomly scattered sellers. Perhaps it could be said that the market was at overcapacity. Too many sellers, but the area was not enough to support all of them.
The area of the market was indeed not enough to handle all sellers, so those people who couldn't have a stall within the market chose to build a stall on the side of the road. The sides of the road were not a place to sell their products, and it was enough to annoy road users and make them frown when passing.