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In reply to the discussion: The invisible victims of victimless crime [View all]BainsBane
(53,137 posts)Not that I saw. I repeatedly suggested that you (and others) so keen on legalizing prostitution have it in theirs. You nor anyone else has agreed to that. You have instead talked about why legalization shouldn't make a difference to people like me. You never said, yeah, that makes sense, put it where the customers are just like in other businesses. You talked about how poor areas are already shitty so what difference would legalization make. That is how I came to the conclusion in my previous post. That and your comment about my wanting to bring down other areas, which indicates to me that you understand prostitution brings economic blight.
I don't believe laws are entirely state wide, but that likely varies from state to state. I know that in Nevada some counties have legal prostitution and some do not. And even if laws are state-wide, zoning is a matter for counties and city councils. An example is dry counties or why some places in Colorado sell recreational marijuana and others don't.
If you think establishing prostitution brings down an area, as your comment to me suggests, why would you want to see it proliferate? Regardless, I don't support it in my area, which in no way encumbers your ability to establish it in your own.