But there were problems: public markets provided only limited space; downtown land was costly, making it expensive to erect new structures; and many vendors were unwilling to relocate to less traveled side streets. For example, many vendors on Roosevelt Road in the Gongguang district have preferred paying fines to stay where they are to relocating to the alleys off Keelung Road in the Minzu Junior High School area.
但公有市場容量有限，在寸土寸金的市中心也很難再闢地新建，而次要道路行人稀少，攤販也常不願遷入，例如之前羅斯福路公館一帶的攤販，寧願吃罰單也不願遷到對面基隆路民族國中旁的巷弄內。