The Melancholy of Kuki city
The increasing popularity of Lucky Star has apparently started raising some concerns with the residents of Kuki city, as mentioned in this blog post by a resident. There have been an increasingly large number of fans who have been visiting the local Washinomiya Shrine which was featured in the anime.
This particular resident however is worried about security concerns in the town as he wonders how the general unknowing public would think of these anime fans walking around with their rucksacks and cameras, and mentions that there have been reports of an increasing number of suspicious people lingering around their schools.
The particular post has caused a heated discussion in the comments as anime fans protest the negative stereotype of otaku and that they should not be perceived as dangerous people.
There were a lot of people visiting Shirakawa village because of Higurashi too, I wonder if the people living there felt the same.
