When Yu Shuenn-der, an associate research fellow with the Academia Sinica ’ s Institute of Ethnology, was studying the Shilin Night Market, an individual with the Shilin police precinct told him, “ There ’ s no way we would chase off all the night market vendors; it would just cause more problems the next day.
其他如北市府也曾計畫對南機場夜市和寧夏夜市進行人行道鋪面更新、增加照明等改善措施，也因遭到住戶反對，影響工程進度。公權力的兩難而警方對於要不要大力取締攤販，也很左右為難。