Ohio and Texas Strip Club Laws Differ, and the Reason Why
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Being that Houston strip clubs are a hands on experience, while Texas clubs are rated pretty good overall, I started wondering about the differences between Ohio and Texas. I started by looking at churches in Cincinnati and Cleveland. In Cincinnati, fundamentalist churches outnumbered more lenient churches by a margin of three to one, while in Cleveland, fundamentalist churches outnumbered lenient churches by a margin of less than two to one. Comparing these two cities to Houston, I found that in Houston, fundamentalist churches outnumbered lenient churches by a margin of five to one. Well, that shoots that theory to hell.<br />
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Next, I looked at political parties. Right now, Republicans pretty much rule things in Ohio, whereas Republicans have ruled Texas completely for nearly twenty years now. If Republicans in Ohio wanted to be pro business, they would unshackle the strip clubs instead of binding them in rules, laws, and red tape. You can’t get near a stripper in Ohio and she’s wearing pasties and other birth control devices. City of Houston strippers wear latex over their nipples, but that usually comes off in the VIP area, along with the panties. In Ohio, uniformed Police and Troopers harshly enforce draconian anti-strip club laws, whereas Police raids on Texas clubs are spotty. That left one thing to check.<br />
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I decided to look at the legislative calendar. In Texas, the legislature only meets for 140 days every other year. In Ohio, the legislature is free to work every month of every year. AHA !! We have our culprit. In Texas, there is barely time for the legislature to bang out a budget, whereas the Ohio legislature has lots of free time on it’s hands. Idle time gives minds time to consider stupid ideas and therein lies the rub. The government that governs least, governs best. Texas forefathers were wise to limit the time the legislature had to do it’s business. If only the lonely guys of Ohio were so lucky.
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To pass almost anything, a constitutional amendment is required, and Texas has 467 of them.
Strip club regulation is really a local issue. And once the local standards are restrictive you have a hell of a time loosening them up. Who is going to get elected running on the platform of "We need more strip clubs and girls who will perform sex acts on men for money!". Hell, we have a tough enough time keeping abortion legal...
While most of our clubs are not "high end", and the girls are not 9-10's, they are very willing to push the morality envelope, and try to get as much as your willing to spend.
After traveling to other parts of the country and experiencing different clubs and area dancer customs, I feel that we in Akron are very lucky to have what we have, dancer contact and cheap dances.
While prices are rising and club patronage is down, it's a buyer's market here. I doubt that the low pricing will last much longer, but I would say that if you get a chance to experience an Akron club, do it soon. TOS
OHIOSEEKER, makes a good point about Akron having $5 dances but these are done on the main floor with no privacy. They are also mostly done on raised bar stools so the grinding is not as good. Dancers are also NOT allowed to go topless at the popular Jen's Den. Also Jen's Den did not have a stage show going on. The VIP rooms in Akron also have no privacy and are just shared areas with about 10 couches and bright lighting so even if you did get extras it would be uncomfortable and awkward knowing another customer/dancer could walk right in. I tried the VIP at Jen's Den with 3 different dancers and none of them did extras.
Ultimately, these clubs and the girls themselves have to make things work financially. They may have to push the rules to get enough money coming in one area and not in another. I'm no expert...
Its kind of the same principle as why there might be more busts etc. right before an election. If the people in power want to prove they are doing something to make their city/state/whatever a more family value oriented place, strip clubs are an easy target. raiding a club and throwing a bunch of girls in jail for prostitution (even if the 'prostitution' is actually just breaking trivial laws like not wearing pasties) then it is press and shows the voters that action against us heathens is being taken.
not sure if i wrote this in a way that makes sense. its 4am and i am drunk and posting on TUSCL. not a great time for words of wisdom.
TX has a lot of "you do what you want on your land and I will do what I want on mine" mindset - especially the hill country and west Texas.