States / Cities that COULD have a great strip club scene but don't.

I am wondering in your own words what are some states and / or cities that have some or all of the right ingredients for having a truly kickass strip club scene but for whatever reason be it cultural, zoning restrictions, law enforcement, local politics....etc. keep it from reaching its full potential.

I'll start this off with 2 of mine. Colorado and Chicago Illinois.

First off Colorado is a blue state with fairly liberal attitudes towards many things. I'm not saying that strip clubs can't thrive in red states as we have Texas and Florida. But liberal places tend to be a little better in the personal freedoms department generally when it pertains to this sort of thing. Colorado was first state to legalize Cannabis so you would also think they would be pretty good when it comes to VICE and "live and let live". Furthermore, there is a ton of money and tech in Colorado which if you want to attract the girls there needs to be an abundance of cash freely flowing.

In addition Colorado has a decent amount of fit and attractive Women. Things were lightyears better 10, 15, 20 years ago as Colorado truly did have a metric shit ton of hotties. Just tons of healthy attractive college aged chicks with good genetics. You also have two large Universities in the state pulling in tons of talent. In recent times the talent level has gone down several notches which I attribute mostly to low-quality transplants invading the state and the general fattification of America.

So why are Colorado clubs so fucking lame if it has almost all of the right ingredients to bake the cake? I haven't done a super detailed analysis but I suspect the main culprit is zoning / liquor board, and law enforcement pressure.

First off its hard to open a strip club because most municipalities will only allow this in certain areas, if they allow it at all. There are many hoops to jump through and I suspect that localities in Colorado make it extremely difficult if not impossible for new places to open up. So basically all the old places are grandfathered in, and the new competition has been effectively kept from ever entering the race. If no new clubs can start up and potentially compete than there really isn't much business pressure to lower prices or offer a better product. RCI Entertainment and PT's own the bulk of the Denver area clubs, with a few independent operators sprinkled in between. All of them offer a pretty mediocre experience at nosebleed prices. Why? Because they can. There is no new competition cropping up to steal market-share by offering a better experience or cheaper prices. This is a textbook example of a highly regulated market with entrenched players protecting their monopoly. Not exactly the highly dynamic and competitive free-market which we are led to believe exists in America.

Secondly, law enforcement pressure in Colorado is pervasive. They may have legal weed and look the other way on hard drug use, homelessness, and petty theft in Denver city limits. But don't worry, the boys in blue are always ready to shut your club down if more than $50 dollar topless air dances is happening in the VIP booth. If you read the news there have been a number of busts and sting operations in Colorado targeting this sort of activity.

Alright now on to Chicago.

Chicago and Illinois in general has a good amount of attractive Midwest babes to work in the clubs. Good clubs cant exist without the talent to feed them. In addition, Chicago is an international city with Russian, Greek, Italian, Hispanic, Polish, and Irish communities going back generations. There is no major shortage of good looking Women in Chicago. Back in the day I.E. 90's early to mid 2000's the talent level was off the charts. I remember walking around places along the Gold Coast and Downtown in the loop and there was staggering amount of jaw dropping hotties strutting their stuff.

Sadly, Chicago has fallen off pretty hard as well, and I really don't see that as much whenever I visit these days. The same factors have been at play across the USA and Chicago has not been spared. That being said, there is still plenty of stripper material there even if you don't see them out on the streets as much.

Secondly, Illinois and Chicago politicians are crooked as a dogs hind leg. Cook county Illinois has earned the nickname "Crook" county. While public corruption sucks and I want my politicians to accountable and honest. When it comes to the realm of adult entertainment I actually want my politicians to be corrupt and on the take if it means I get to enjoy a good strip club scene. I mean look what the wonders of corruption did to Miami and their club scene. But barring maybe one or two clubs out in the suburbs, Chicago clubs have strict rules, are policed hard, and are fraction of what their full potential could be. Expect to spend tons of money and leave frustrated with blue balls if you visit a Chicago club.

Unlike Colorado, I don't know why Chicagoland clubs sucks so hard. The bulk of the right ingredients seem to be there, but for whatever reason they just aren't all that great. You would think Chicago would be the Sin city of the Midwest but it just ain't. Perhaps someone else can chime in and tell me why.