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Which cities have the most well known Red Light Districts?
Stewart Avenue use to be famous in Atlanta. But honestly you won't find street walkers too much anymore with the internet being an option for a lot of working girls.
Do American cities still have Red Light Districts?
I went to Houston in February and learned about the underground nightlife establishments when a friend took me to several of them, known as Speakeasy's which were started in the prohibition era of the United States. Late night, all night venues but not publicly known, since their operations are illegal, but crowded and packed beyond belief though. The city has an entire "hidden Speakeasy District" in Downtown north of the bayou. I wonder if Red Light Districts work the same way as Speakeasy's in the United States, you know, "hidden"? Since most cities dismantled theirs decades ago, I believe.
Boston used to have the "combat zone" but I think it's been cleaned up. Baltimore had "the block" but I don't think there's much left of it. Maybe a couple of strip joints. DC had the 14th St. strip. It's long gone. Times Square in NYC is now Disney World north. San Francisco had the "tenderloin". But I haven't been to Frisco in years. Don't know what it's like. Other cities in the U.S. I'm not as familiar with.
Boston used to have the "combat zone" but I think it's been cleaned up. Baltimore had "the block" but I don't think there's much left of it. Maybe a couple of strip joints. DC had the 14th St. strip. It's long gone. Times Square in NYC is now Disney World north. San Francisco had the "tenderloin". But I haven't been to Frisco in years. Don't know what it's like. Other cities in the U.S. I'm not as familiar with.
I know "The Block" in Baltimore is still active. Its now also an open air drug market. It has shrunk in size to only spanning 2 blocks.
In DC as recently as 6 years ago there'd be streetwalkers on K Street and L Street just a few blocks from the White House. If you came home late from the clubs you'd see a long procession of johns in SUVs circling the block and shopping. I don't live there anymore but I'm guessing that whole phenomenon has been gentrified out of existance.
Here in LA I don't think there's an official red light district but same kind of thing- if you come home from clubbing in Hollywood at 3 or 4 in the morning, you'll see a lot of girls walking the streets in the area around Western Ave and Santa Monica Blvd though. A lot of those "girls" aren't actually girls though....lol
The Cheshire Bridge Road corridor in Atlanta is still pretty seedy ... multiple gay bars, two gay sex clubs, strip clubs, lingerie shops, video porn arcades, 24-hour adult novelty shops, sleazy cheap motels and at least one (that I know of) private after-hours adult "playground."
Fulton Industrial Boulevard, one exit from Six Flags on I-20, is seedier and far scarier, however ...
My hometown of Alexandria, Va. actually has a bit of a red light district. Yes, historic picturesque Alexandria. The stretch of Richmond Highway just south of the city line between Huntington Ave. and Quander Rd. has a number of fleabag motels (no-tell motels) that the local "working girls" work out of. I live in the area and often see the girls and their johns walking along Richmond Highway.
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