TGG that should be against the law for the police to keep innocent people's cars. I suppose the OC police don't believe in the law of the nation that you are innocent until proven guilty, they keep everything and make the law corrupt. Corrupt police departments probably believe only their way is the right way. I really don't believe they should have a right to confiscate cars in the first place though. Who are the real thieves? It seems obvious to me.
I live in Orange County, California. They have policewomen on the streets, and have arrested men, and confiscated their cars, without the man taking the first step: the policewoman approached him. In LA, from what I understand, even if a man is found not guilty, the police still get to keep his car in street sting bust. He must buy it back at the auction or swallow the loss. "The OC" has long been known as a place where the vice squad is much worse than most places. This has been going on for years, which is why most people avoid OC and go to LA for fun...
FONDL: I agree that the non-streetwalker types are left pretty much to their own devices. Most police departments don't have the manpower to go after every girl renting a hotel room and seeing customers. Once in a while you read about a bust but it's not that common. If your smart and discreet the chances of getting busted are low. In all honesty, the police are going to concentrate their efforts where they feel they can make a difference. They only show up at hotels and private residences when people complain about the activity. I don't know if the profession is growing or just becoming more above ground due to the internet and, as usual, glamorizing stories on the boob tube. In any event, they don't call it the worlds oldest profession for nothing!
I agree that most cities have made a major effort to clear their streets of streetwalkers and close the obvious brothels. But look at web sites like Eros, there are hundreds of ads from escorts and escort services and the number of ads keeps growing. When a customer and a gal deal directly by phone or email to set up a date with each other and they're both prudent, I don't think there's any way for LE to stop them from getting together or proving prostitution. The police may try to entrap these girls once in a while but that is so time consuming that it's really not worth the effort, especially when a judge is just as likely to throw the whole thing out. Last time I looked, Boston had just as many escort listings on Eros as did Philly. In fact I'm amazed at the number of ads, just think how many customers there must be out there if every city has hundreds of active hookers making a living at it. I bet it's one of the fastest growing businesses in the country.
FONDL: I really think your going out on a limb with your last statement. First of all, the laws are very enforcable and are enforced every day in my area. I can't speak for Philly but Boston and it's surrounding areas spend a lot of time and money trying to close down AMPs and Brothels as well as stopping street prostitution. If you remember the hayday of the Combat Zone you will remember that, at closing time, the streets around the clubs where lined with hookers waiting for horny guys leaving the strip clubs. Also, there are several websites devoted to the worlds oldest profession and many of them contain postings from men who also frequent strip clubs. I guess being a "regular" user would be a relative term but I wouldn't say it's all that rare.
For all practicle purposes prostition is already legal in most parts of the US. The laws are unenforcable and so most law enforcement agencies don't bother trying most of the time.
I also think that most of the customers on this board have little interest in prostitution. I think that customers for prostitution and for strip clubs are generally two different groups of people. Even though there is some competition between them, I'd bet that guys who regularly go to strip clubs rarely hire prostitutes. The customer groups are looking for two different types of experience and don't overlap all that much. I bet nobody on this board hires a prostitute regularly - sure maybe they've tried it once or twice but I bet they're not regular customers.
Actually I'm not sure that legalization would solve anything. First of all, it would be accompanied by a whole lot of regulations, licensing, inspectors and other red tape which would add considerably to the cost. So a lot of girls would still operate illegally to avoid the regulations. Secondly, do we really want government to interfere with the current system, which appears to be functioning pretty well in most areas? Be careful what you wish for ...
Actually, from what I understand, a legal brothel in Australia was the second highest trading stock on the Australian stock exchange. Legal prostitiution seems to be working in many countries. A vast amount of money is spent on the sex police in the US, while the sex industry continues to flourish and grow bigger. I personally favor decriminalization of consentual adult behaviour, in private. Of course, child prostitution, and sex slavery is a different matter, and must never be tolerated.
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I also think that most of the customers on this board have little interest in prostitution. I think that customers for prostitution and for strip clubs are generally two different groups of people. Even though there is some competition between them, I'd bet that guys who regularly go to strip clubs rarely hire prostitutes. The customer groups are looking for two different types of experience and don't overlap all that much. I bet nobody on this board hires a prostitute regularly - sure maybe they've tried it once or twice but I bet they're not regular customers.