Every photographer I know owns a folder of famous places photographed exactly like everyone else photographed them. The frames they actually love were almost all taken within walking distance of home.
Ordinary streets reward patience. A corner you have crossed a hundred times will, on one unremarkable afternoon, arrange itself into light, colour and gesture for about ninety seconds. The only skill involved is being there, camera ready, when it happens.
Walk slower than the scene
Street photography is mostly walking. Walk slower than the people around you and the city starts handing you small theatres: a tailor framed by his doorway, a child negotiating with a puddle, two strangers sharing an umbrella's arithmetic.
The camera does not find stories. Walking does. The camera just takes notes.
Keep a notebook of corners, not destinations. Write down where the light lands at five in the afternoon, which shopfront reflects the sunset, which lane fills with steam in the morning. That notebook, built over months, is worth more than any travel guide.