Indeed. In the hip parts of Taipei entire storefronts have sprung up that are dedicated to photo booths. Inside, they have extravagant props like laundromat, elevator, etc. It’s weird but also fun I guess?

SF, NYC, and else where

Behind the Curtain: Inside the Revival of New York’s Vintage Photo Booths: https://web.archive.org/web/20250822165247/https://www.nytim...

From vintage to viral: Photo booths are making a comeback in the Bay Area: https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/from-vintage-to-vi...

Vintage Photo Booths Are Back, and Baffling Newbies. ‘It’s Not an iPad.’: https://www.wsj.com/articles/vintage-photo-booths-are-back-a...

It is a private space inside a public venue for people to do drugs in.

I think this boom started here in Korea, I remember they were already growing quickly here back in 2018 (7 years ago, scary how time flies). They're now exporting them all over the world, I talked to someone who helps run one of the chains and there's a lot of demand from South-East Asia.