Large cities in the US without redlight districts (places, America, life)

[Trimac20]

Are there large cities with no 'red-light' districts, few adult shops, strip clubs.etc that sort of thing? By large I'm thinking 1 million in the surrounding suburban metro area.

I'm guessing Salt Lake City and maybe Oklahoma City. Perhaps cities like Omaha too. It's not a huge deal, but it seems there is quite alot of it in the cities in Australia...

[Verseau]

Boston used to have a red light district, but it's essentially gone now. But I think the Puritan influence is still apparent in the entire New England region, because I've maybe seen one single strip club and one adult store in my entire life here.

[tpk-nyc]

A lot of these places moved out into the suburbs, particularly to quasi-industrial areas with easy freeway access. Rent are cheaper and that's where their clients are. Inner-city red-light districts are becoming small to nonexistent, even in New York City. We have zoning laws that tend to push these places further out. I don't know the specifics, but they can't be within a certain distance of a school, for example. The Internet has effected these establishments as well. They exist, but they're not in centralized districts anymore.

[nate14ri]

Boston no longer has the infamous combat zone. New Englands Red Light District has been moved to Providence for sure. Adult video stores, strip clubs, bath houses, sex clubs. asian spas, its all in prov. also prostitution is legal in rhode island, as long as its behind closed doors.

[nate14ri]

Originally Posted by Verseau

Boston used to have a red light district, but it's essentially gone now. But I think the Puritan influence is still apparent in the entire New England region, because I've maybe seen one single strip club and one adult store in my entire life here.

lol you should come to providence. over a dozen strip clubs here.

[SilkCity0416]

Originally Posted by tpk-nyc

A lot of these places moved out into the suburbs, particularly to quasi-industrial areas with easy freeway access. Rent are cheaper and that's where their clients are. Inner-city red-light districts are becoming small to nonexistent, even in New York City. We have zoning laws that tend to push these places further out. I don't know the specifics, but they can't be within a certain distance of a school, for example. The Internet has effected these establishments as well. They exist, but they're not in centralized districts anymore.

Trust me, there are still Red-light districts in NYC.

[lrfox]

Originally Posted by Verseau

But I think the Puritan influence is still apparent in the entire New England region, because I've maybe seen one single strip club and one adult store in my entire life here.

I think this is true for Northern New England. I know in Maine there is one real strip club (in Portland) and some other towns have a few little places with occasional adult entertainment. But not very much at all.

Providence has a bunch, but fortunately they're far enough away from the city center. I had the misfortune of following a friend to Cheaters in Providence and it was a terrifying experience.

The Combat Zone in Boston may be no more (isn't there only on strip club in downtown Boston now.. the "Glass Slipper"), but the suburbs don't lack them. Stoughton has a few, and there are a bunch of other towns that have them. I can think of two more on the South Coast.

[Venom]

Chicago, Illinois

[BubbyBu]

Here is a great Youtube video on the demise of Boston's Combat Zone

I was too young to frequent those establishments during it's last years but I was often in the neighborhood and I miss its grittiness.....


YouTube - Boston Chinatown Banquet - Combat Zone

[backdrifter]

I don't know of cities without such things, but all of Portland is like a redlight district. Portland has the highest per capita number or strip clubs in the whole world. It's like America's Amsterdam.