Odd Massage Parlor closings across the country...

Fuji's and VIP were AMPs. Lynn's was a regular MP.

Around here the number of massage parlors has been increasing, not shrinking. And I bet that's true for the country as a whole, every segment of the sex industry seems to be growing. A new AMP near me was raided a couple years ago and it simply changed names and moved down the road to the next township where it's been going strong ever since. It's a local thing, every area is different. AMPs seem to come and go all the time and have been doing so for many years. I don't think national politics has much to do with it.

With maybe one exception. Several of us have noted previously that in many aspects of our society the middle is shrinking while the extremes are growing. I think that's certainly true of the political spectrum, and that may account for what you are seeing with AMPs in your area. I think both conservatives and liberals are growing in number while moderates are becoming an endangered species. And not only are conservatives and liberals increasing in number, they're both becoming more extreme. So if you live in an area that's becoming more conservative, that may be a factor in AMPs closing.

I don't really see any connection between closing down some massage parlors and trying to increase military enrollment. The last massage parlor I saw was in a military town and that was years ago. Seems more like some politician wanting to claim some type of family values campaign and he's cracking down on something that he/she is claiming to be anti-family. I really doubt that very many voters even worry or think about massage parlors. The politicians are wasting their time in my opinion. I don't know, maybe the police have too big a budget and they want to be seen busting up a place since they don't have any real crimes they have solved. I don't have any idea unless it's related to something I said.

About 10 years ago I had a session at Lynn's with
a lovely young woman who mentioned that she had tried to join the
military, but was refused--or had been told to try again later--because of
a DUI or alcohol-related charge.

As unusual as it may sound, is it possible the Bush
administration is trying to increase military enrollments by closing
down parlors? You know that they've been having a hard time meeting
enrollment quotas.

I'm not saying working at a massage parlor is a life-long career, but
it might help some young women over a hard financial hump in their life while
they try to find a good job. Without an available parlor, perhaps they'd be
more inclined to sign up for military service during a period of hardship?

Anyway, does anyone else know of sudden and unusual closings of multiple parlors that have been open for years and years in their towns?

Columbia, Missouri, has been decimated parlor-wise this past year, and we heard TrojanGreg's story of multiple closings in Clayton County, Georgia.