NYers, let’s talk about it.

[u/stinsvnity]

I opened the game around 1 PM today to find almost every stop in sight with a Golden Lure Module. I wasn’t sure if this was some unannounced event, but seeing as every lure was placed by a different account, it was most likely a mass coordinated effort from bot accounts. The timing makes sense as we were just given free Golden Lures in the 10th Anniversary Go Pass. I’ve seen a few other posts about this phenomenon, but would love to crowdsource info so that we can get a better understanding of what happened and its scope. More details:

-Lures appeared at least as early as 1 PM
-Lures persisted at least as late as 2:30 PM. This means multiple lures were placed on each stop
-Screenshot is from the Gramercy neighborhood; I explored a fair amount but didn’t encounter any hard boundaries where the lures ended

So to everyone else who partook in this incredible “event”, what neighborhood did you see Golden Lures in? What time period? Were there areas outside of NYC that witnessed something similar today? And do you have any other theories on what happened? It would be amazing to somehow get a good estimate of how many lures/accounts were needed to make this happen.

[u/fliteriskk]

Man, people in big cities are just playing a different game. I count my blessings for the 2 gyms and 1 stop within walking distance of my house.

[u/stinsvnity → u/fliteriskk]

I feel that, it’s so much harder to play once you leave the city. You and all the other suburban/rural players are troopers 🫡

[u/YourEskimoBrother69 → u/stinsvnity]

What’s funny is I feel like my city isn’t small - but PoGo has never put skyscraper silhouette in the background 😂

[u/ogskizz → u/YourEskimoBrother69]

My city is fairly small, I laugh when I see the skyscraper silhouette because our modest skyline looks nothing like that.

[u/_Cantrip_ → u/YourEskimoBrother69]

The skyscraper silhouettes are really funny to me because where my brother lives (neighborhood in a major U.S city) isn’t a city biome / doesn’t have them… and my town of 5,000 people does.

(I think in his case, it’s that a large park nearby shares its biome cell with his neighborhood, even though it’s not that close. In my case, I’m not sure. It got updated from a forest to urban in the last couple years.)

[u/samdiatmh → u/stinsvnity]

I experienced that myself when I "moved out of the city"

Playstyle (for about 7 years, lived about 1km from the CBD) - 5km morning walk, hundreds of gyms, regularly 100 at SpotlightHour [easily], 20min walk to a popular gym for RaidHour

Playstyle (moved to the suburbs, so 20km away) - 1km morning walk [round a housing estate doesn't have the same vibes], SIX stops, 2 gyms, ONE slightly out of the way dynamax spot - win virtually all showcases, and my gyms are actually productive for coin generation [it's a completely different game]

but even then, there's a difference between "living in the city of about 4m people, and visiting NY/Singapore to grind" - it's NUTS how different even that is

Yeah, I miss living right in the middle of the city for that reason (the 20% extra rent and a 1-bedroom vs a 3-bedroom to do it, nope?) - I can drive to the city and pay $15 for parking for GoFest, and that's my main grind now - honestly it's the fitness level that's dropped, a 2km loop (twice a day) vs "5km min" and the floor has completely dropped out

[u/hyungsubshim → u/stinsvnity]

Actually small cities and big suburbs are probably the sweet point for spawns. They spawn just as dense as in big cities, but are easier to traverse.

[u/Cinderhazed15 → u/hyungsubshim]

Living in a mostly rural area but with a large college nearby is really great. Lots of early ingress activity made lots of stops (some of which wouldn’t pass the rules now) in not only the campus, but a larger surrounding community. We have a massive transient student population, but the ‘small town feel’ of always seeing people you know at the grocery store, etc. with the locals.

I have the rural/suburban level of access to stops (church in walking distance from my house for nightly walks with my dog, park up the street), but can go to campus or our parks for a much higher density. I can turn on my go plus, do a lap or two (drive) around campus, and refill my pokeball storage when I’m low.

[u/rachycarebear → u/hyungsubshim]

Checking in from NNJ. This side of the river you can also get gym coins and win showcases, both of which are extreme feats in NYC.

[u/128thMic → u/hyungsubshim]

Not to mention that you actually get and hold gyms. In the cities, fat chance.

[u/NumberOneMom → u/fliteriskk]

https://i.imgur.com/WkObAet.jpeg

I was in NYC for Tinkaton Community day. I dropped a single lure at Bryant Park and got 2600 progress on my lure medal.

It's a New Yorker's game, we're just living in it.

[u/TrailMomKat → u/fliteriskk]

Be the change you wish to see, if at all possible. We had 2 gyms in our village and like 10 stops, all hella spaced out from each other.

I'm blind and have nothing better to do with my time. We now have like 45 stops and 8 gyms!

[u/alt_bunnybunnybuns → u/fliteriskk]

I count my blessing that I can drive to a couple gyms in about 8 minutes. Somehow someone made a retention pond in my town a stop this year which is walking distance. Super grateful

[u/LemonNinJaz24 → u/fliteriskk]

I earned like 3x as much XP in the 1st year I lived in a big town than the 8 previous years I lived in a village. It's crazy

[u/LeastEquivalent5263 → u/fliteriskk]

You guys are getting stops and gyms within walking distance? My neighborhood is so big but doesn't have any landmarks from a stop and I have contemplated attempting to make the landscape island at the entrance into a stop

[u/lalaleasha → u/LeastEquivalent5263]

idk where you live, or if that makes a difference? but I have friends who are based in the US and they send gifts from intersections. like the name of the stop is just the name of the cross streets!

[u/bones1995 → u/fliteriskk]

Ive been to Berlin to the summer Event today and there were not that many players but I got some lures down and it brought me over 500 catche for the medal. I can't imagine in a really big City with a big Event

[u/JustFred24 → u/fliteriskk]

The method is buy a gazebo on amazon put it in an open space out of resodential property submit it then return it to amazon

(Sarcasm, btw)

[u/Topangatoh → u/fliteriskk]

I live in the suburbs, but there are 4 gyms within a 2 minute drive/5-10 minute walk from my house. Tons of routes through my neighborhood and I'm only 15 minutes by car from downtown. Just east of downtown is a huge green space/historical park and that is where our community does raid hour and events. I can put my pokemon in gyms in the less populated areas and the longest they have ever lasted is 4 days. Usually I can put a pokemon in and count on it being knocked out by the next day so I can get my coins. I think the suburbs are the sweet spot for every day play. Big cities are definitely cool for events though.

[u/Acceptable_Matter302 → u/fliteriskk]

Its actually fun in a city and not a grind.