>"The town has apparently asked Niantic to restrict that area, and it apparently failed to do so. What kind of recourse do they have, now? " They could build a

>"The town has apparently asked Niantic to restrict that area, and it apparently failed to do so. What kind of recourse do they have, now? " They could build a wall around the restricted area. I.e. Restrict access. This is them trying to pass off the security/upkeep/maintenance costs onto an external entity that has absolutely no jurisdiction or personal-ownership of the area involved. What's next, popular blogs about travel being told not to promote certain regions because it makes them too popular? Musicians being told to stop playing because listeners are dancing too-much on grass and damaging the local fauna? Ridiculous scenarios, but personally I would clump them together with the specific one being discussed. We should ban discussion about this topic, too. It's causing people to eat too much high-carb food, and as a consequence, too much deforestation is occurring in 3rd world countries in order to make way for farm-land.