Prostitution decriminalized: Rhode Island’s experiment

Re:Prostitution decriminalized: Rhode Island’s experiment by jlg23 on Monday August 07, 2017 @04:59AM (#14946140)

Friends involved in prostitutes' rights groups in NL told me that the attempt to close the window brothels is not only motivated by humanitarian reasons but also because it's prime property. The same thing happened in Antwerp (BE) about 15 years ago.

EDIT: Not to take over the properties themselves, but to up-value the surrounding areas.

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Re:Prostitution decriminalized: Rhode Island’s experiment by thriftwy on Monday August 07, 2017 @07:18AM (#14946657)

Antwerp turned out the most pointless city in the Belgium so it's not like they're finding any use for that prime property by this example.

You now have to go to the zoo in Antwerp because otherwise there's no longer anything to see.

IMO, lines of shops selling brightly coloured and vastly overpriced pieces of cloth is even more miserable use for prime property than sex.

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Re:Prostitution decriminalized: Rhode Island’s experiment by icebraining on Monday August 07, 2017 @05:42AM (#14946316)

Yet another case of Bootleggers and Baptists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootleggers_and_Baptists

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