Quote Originally Posted by Bladestorm View Post
We were wondering if because of the human population here the pokemon are released in larger proportion too.
Although he says it also helps that there are 2 poke-stops within 100 metres of our apartment block and a lure right in front of Tim Ho Wan (the restaurant) which is only about 200 m away from us.
Someone (sorry, not the best reference) suggested that greater mobile activity leads to greater diversity in pokemon spawning. At Rhodes I caught Jynx, Magmar and Kangaskhan within 1 hr.

Quote Originally Posted by Bladestorm View Post
He was waiting for the lift to come back up to our apartment before and caught 4 pokemon just while waiting!
Do businesses pay for these poke-stops and lures? I just went for a walk with him and it seems every few restaurants there is one... seems too convenient that these lures are in front of places where you'd go in and sit down...
It doesn't look like it for the time being. Otherwise its a no brainer for a business owner to pay for several lures during the day (meal hours). Most of the time you would be able to spot one very serious customer taking advantage of the lure they've dropped down.

Quote Originally Posted by philby View Post
i'm not sure if it is related or not but i heard something about mcdonalds getting involved in some countries, so if you go to a mcdonalds it has some kind of pokemon related thing there.
That sounds counteractive to their goal of getting people out and moving!