(BUSKER ALLEY) Buskers sometimes avoid cities where licensing is required. To them, it doesn't make sense when the hat may be too small to consider a permit. This creates a dilemma.
When you think about it, the pay to play scheme actually has it's own valuable benefits. Consequently, it sometimes leaves the door wide open to busk a city where little if any busking is occuring. By asking how many busking permits have been issued, buskers can get an approximation of the competition to be expected.
By being permitted, the busker may also have a selection of top pitches from which to choose.
Since busking is always weather permitting, warm sunny days year-round really helps the tourism industry as well as the busker's pocketbook.
When all the factors are added up, it may make perfect sense to have almost exclusive rights to busk in some of the world's most beautiful cities. From tramways to mountain tops, it just may be a buskers dream.