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Fell topology versus vague topology

I'm trying to better understand the consequences of representing a random set as a

  1. Random element in the space of locally finite closed sets under the Borel sigma algebra generated by the Fell topology

  2. Random element in the closed subset of locally finite integer-valued measures under the Borel sigma algebra generated by the (trace of the) vague topology.

My intuition says that the sigma algebra in #2 contains that of #1, but perhaps they are even equivalent?

In terms of continuous functions, if I understand correctly, it seems an obvious gap is that in #2, the count function is continuous taking a (bounded continuity) set to its cardinality is continuous, whereas I believe that the same function is merely lower semicontinuous in the Fell topology... or perhaps I've gotten confused.

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