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Massage parlors

FONDL
Oriental Spas (aka massage parlors) seem to be suddenly thriving around here and this is relatively new. There are now 3 that advertise in our local paper (in the sports section.) One was recently shut down but a couple months later a new one opened up a couple miles down the road. Is this happening anywhere else? Just wondering why it's happening here all of a sudden. A lot of states license massage studios and therapists but we don't. I wonder if that's is part of the reason. (We don't license electricians either but we do license hair dressers. Makes sense to me.)

13 comments

  • StripShopper
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    20 years ago
    I never ventured into the other establishment. I really didn't have a need for it.

    At that time I was about 19 and had an arrangement with a 37 year old woman. The arrangement consisted of me being able to knock on her door any time of the night on a weekend and get laid.

    So, I'd spend my paycheck at Danny's and spend the night with her....nice arrangement that included breakfast the next morning.
  • StripShopper
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    20 years ago
    Years ago I tried a Massage parlor...or Jack Shack.

    And to be honest...I've asked myself why I would spend $200 in a strip clup...when I could just go down the road and get a massage with a pop for $120.

    The answer...its the hunt...and the quality of the girls. If massage parlors started employing 8-10 rated babes...I might have to evaluate this again.

    Besides sometimes I just want to hangout, have a beer, listen to some music and gaze in wild wonderment. And you can't get that in a massage parlor

    To bad you can't combine the two...
  • Yoda
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    20 years ago
    The highest mileage - without out and out sex - I ever got in a sc was at the Spearment Rhino in Oxnard-a town that has about 50 AMPS and only 2 strip clubs. I think the proximity f the AMPS is a huge factor in that city. Massage parlors are definitely more of a convenience store approach to sexthan escorts.

    I don't think you can draw a lot of conclusions based on what we read on this board. I go by what I see in strip clubs and sex/extras are not the rule of thumb for most of the dancers or most of their customers that I know. It gets more publicity here because....well, what else what we talk about??
  • FONDL
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    20 years ago
    Yoda, as you well know, I totally agree with you that strip clubs are ideal for spending time with an attractive young lady - that's why I go. But you and I seem to be in the minority, it sounds like most everyone else is looking for sex. That's why I raised the question of massage parlors as competition. I can see why guys don't want to deal with escorts, with having to set up an appointment in advance, then getting a place etc. But it seems to me that the massage parlors solve this problem, so I'm wondering if they are becoming the main competition to strip clubs. That might help explain why extras are on the increase in strip clubs, if in fact they are.
  • Yoda
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    20 years ago
    BTW, as far as the two being located next door, In Oxnard California I saw a SC and two AMPS located within a block of each oter. You aren't likely to see it often since AMPS are basically illegal and get shut down on a regular basis and SC's are legal and hang around for decades.
  • Yoda
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    20 years ago
    FONDL: A massage parlor would only be competiton in the same way that an escort would be. I guess it would depend on what you are going to the strip club looking for. If you go to a SC looking for sex, IMHO you should save time and money and just call an escort or visit a massage parlor. If you are looking to spend a few hours relaxing with beautiful women then I would say a strip clubis your best option. It's all the sex industry and you could say that both SC's, escorts and MP's are all competing with internet porn and street hookers as well. It all depends on what you are looking for.
  • FONDL
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    20 years ago
    Yoda, I didn't say I agreed with it, I was only trying to point out how things are and how they got to be that way. It would be nice if concerns about public safety and welfare were the main reason for having or not having state licensing of various professions but that's often not the case. Groups like the AMA or the HBA (state homebuilders association) often have a lot more influence than do state regulatory agencies. And they donate a lot of money to lawmakers to keep it that way.

    Anyway to return to the original topic, I'm wondering if the growth of massage parlors, if the industry is in fact growing, is having an impact on strip clubs. Do they compete directly with each other or are we talking about two entirely different groups of customers? I've often thought that it would make sense to have a massage parlor next door to a strip club but I've rarely ever seen that and I'm wondering why.
  • Yoda
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    20 years ago
    As near as I can tell, "Tantric" just means they try to charge more.

    FONDL: Certifications and licenses are are meant to prove that a person has fulfilled certain training requirements so as to be able toperform his or her job properly and safely. I agree that licenses also has an effect on controlling competition in the trades but I don't see how you could or should have one without the other. I own a pair of scissors and a pair of wire cutters but, trust me, you wouldn't want me cutting your hair or wiring your house!
  • FONDL
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    20 years ago
    I have not tried it but I've seen it advertised and read a bit about it. Whether it's real or a bunch of crap probably depends on the practitioner. I think some of them are for real.
  • TopGunGlen
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    20 years ago
    How about Tantric Massage? Has anyone else tried this, and is it a lot of hoey, or is there some honey? Sounds like baloney to me...
  • FONDL
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    20 years ago
    Yoda, I think you'll find that state licensing came into being primarily as a means of restricting trade. For example the barber's union requests the state to establish a licensing requirement to make it harder for people to become barbers, thereby limiting competition. But there's a trade-off in that licensing gets the state involved in establishing fees and regulations as well. As a result not all trades are in favor of licensing. This results in some pretty strange anomolies. For example, in PA barbers are licensed but for the most part building trades are not, the unions prefer to control these trades themselves. I think you'll find this kind of nonsense in a lot of states. Massage therapists are licensed in some states and not others, so in those states where a license is required (like Florida, which has very strict licensing requirements on anything related to the health care field) you cannot use the term "massage" without a license for both the facility and the practitioner. Hence the term used for an erotic massage is "body rub" in some states, "massage" in others. There's a brothel that operates quite openly on the main street of Key West as a spa and bath house. They used to list a bunch of services including "massage" on a sign on the outside of the building. They were required to scratch out the term "massage" on their sign. Didn't affect their operation at all, just how they advertised. Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?
  • Yoda
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    20 years ago
    FONDL: Are you F'n serious! PA doesn't license electricians?

    Massage parlors are becoming more prevelant in Boston and Providence as well. Not all are Asian. Massage therapists are licensed in Mass so these places often get shut down based on that alone. Recently, a couple have been shut down for solicitation.
  • nj_pete
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    20 years ago
    FONDL, when you say around here, where do you mean? What metropolitan area?
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