# my house is a pokemon habitat on pokemon go **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 20, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-a-pokemon-habitat-on-pokemon-go/760386 "2016-07-20T02:22:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-a-pokemon-habitat-on-pokemon-go/760386/1 "2016-07-20T02:22:50Z")
my almost 7 year old nephew talked his dad into letting him play pokemon go yesterday and they had fun walking around their neighborhood looking for pokemon stuff Now when he picked up nephew from work and did a update they decided to try around here and found one in the front yard … a chancey Nephew thought that was the coolest thing… dad said well if ya see weirdos standing in front of the yard at all hours holding up their phones well that will be why aunt said they wouldn’t be much difference then our usual neighborhood weirdos … ---
**Author:** ![GunnarFranz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@GunnarFranz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GunnarFranz)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-a-pokemon-habitat-on-pokemon-go/760386/2 "2016-07-20T14:16:36Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > my almost 7 year old nephew talked his dad into letting him play pokemon go yesterday and they had fun walking around their neighborhood looking for pokemon stuff > > Now when he picked up nephew from work and did a update they decided to try around here and found one in the front yard … a chancey > > Nephew thought that was the coolest thing… dad said well if ya see weirdos standing in front of the yard at all hours holding up their phones well that will be why > > aunt said they wouldn’t be much difference then our usual neighborhood weirdos … Chansey is really rare. I’m surprised if you are in an urban or suburban area there weren’t dozens of people in your front yard. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-a-pokemon-habitat-on-pokemon-go/760386/3 "2016-07-20T15:44:27Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > my almost 7 year old nephew… > > …Now when he picked up nephew from work… Wow, child labor is getting younger and younger. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-a-pokemon-habitat-on-pokemon-go/760386/4 "2016-07-20T16:07:42Z")
You found 1 Pokemon. That hardly makes it a habitat. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-a-pokemon-habitat-on-pokemon-go/760386/5 "2016-07-20T16:17:53Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > You found 1 Pokemon. That hardly makes it a habitat. It’s enough for the EPA to get involved. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-a-pokemon-habitat-on-pokemon-go/760386/6 "2016-07-20T18:19:42Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Wow, child labor is getting younger and younger. And that’s not the worst part! ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-is-a-pokemon-habitat-on-pokemon-go/760386/7 "2016-08-17T19:18:06Z")
lol ok I mean the dad as in he heh ive had people come and go … but a lot of its been adults in cars … but since its been over 100 here all week not as many has been by and the neighborhood its self is in the "sketchy "part of town …