Abstract
In this study, we focused on the richness of social and cultural capital in residential environments as situational factors that influence our attitudes and behaviors. We proposed POI (Point of Interest) information of location-based games as an index for this purpose, and examined its validity. First, we indexed how many“ PokéStops” of “Pokémon GO” are located in the area by calculating the density based on the latitude and longitude information of their locations, then examined the relationship between this index and social survey data targeting citizens in the area. Analyses using two sets of data with different resolutions showed a significant positive correlation between density and satisfaction with the living environment for the coarse resolution data, but not for the high-resolution data. We discussed the necessity of considering characteristics other than density, and the significance of using various artifacts as environmental cues.
