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Milwaukee County Required Augmented-Reality Game Publishers to Apply for Park Event Permits After Pokémon Go Crowds Overran Lake Park. The Law Was Undone by a Cowboy-Themed Poker App and Cost $83,000 in Legal Fees.
In July 2016, Pokémon Go was released, and Lake Park, a public park on Milwaukee's East Side, turned out to be full of places the game told people to visit. Hundreds of players arrived, and sometimes thousands, at all hours. According to the Associated Press, the result was
Kyoto's Gion District Asked Tourists Not to Photograph Geiko in Its Private Alleys. After a Maiko's Kimono Was Torn and a Cigarette Butt Went Down Another's Collar, the Alleys Closed to Everyone.
Gion is the district of Kyoto where geiko — the local word for geisha — and their apprentices, maiko, work in teahouses. Getting between appointments means walking outside in full costume, along a network of alleys, some of which are one to two metres wide. Several of them are not public roads.
New York City's Local Law 18 All But Eliminated Short-Term Rentals to Protect the Housing Stock. Manhattan Hotel Rooms Now Average $444 a Night, and the Hotel Industry That Lobbied for the Law Calls Itself Fully Supportive.
New York City's Local Law 18 took effect on September 5, 2023, requiring anyone renting out a room or apartment for under 30 days to register with the Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement, pay a non-refundable $145 fee, and be physically present for the entire
Paris Bans Rental E-Scooters After Residents Vote 89% to Remove Them
The scooters arrived in 2018 promising a micromobility revolution. By 2023, Parisians voted them out by a margin most elections only dream of.