The Crazy Sexy in Franfurt
[QUOTE=Redbeard0504;1369256]The Germans have certainly learned quite a bit about separating a man from his money over the years, haven't they. That exchange rate, however, is a killer! LOL[/QUOTE][url]Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBI6UQtj0b0&feature=related[/url]
Hey, who would have thought that after all these years the Crazy Sexy is still around and thriving in spite of the competition! At any rate, the guy looked down an alley and read the name of the street there rather than realizing he was on the Elbestrasse. Anyway, here 'tis.
Orlando should take a lesson from Frankfurt
[QUOTE=Redbeard0504; 1369260][url]Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBI6UQtj0b0&feature=related[/url]
Hey, who would have thought that after all these years the Crazy Sexy is still around and thriving in spite of the competition! At any rate, the guy looked down an alley and read the name of the street there rather than realizing he was on the Elbestrasse. Anyway, here 'tis.[/QUOTE]I think they will be there until the end of time.
Ironically the city council rezoned the RLD in 1986 (!) to not allow sex oriented businesses in the area of the train station any more. They wanted to relocate the RLD to a less central warehouse district, but as of 2012 nothing has changed. Germans are usually very good at enforcing rules to the letter, so what happened?
It turns out that the real economic powers of the city liked everything just as it was. The stock market and the banks like having the RLD close to the financial district so that their employees can come by on their lunch hour. That actually helps them to recruit top talent, call it an unofficial fringe benefit. The convention center and the luxury hotels which surround it also liked having the RLD a short walk or taxi ride away, because they know a tourist magnet when they see it. It is a factor which helps Frankfurt attract more convention business over rival cities. The other businesses and restaurants in the train station area also understood that they would loose a lot of their foot traffic if brothel visitors no longer roamed the area day and night.
So almost 30 years later the brothels are still where they have always been since the end of the war. Germans might like enforcing rules, but they like making money even better. I will take that practical and sensible attitude toward commercial sex over the hypocritical and puritanical attitudes of the US any day!
The powers that be in O-Town also say that they want to attract more convention business. An official RLD in the I-Drive area would do the trick like nothing else! There are hundreds of hotels and motels in the area and some of them are struggling. Allow about a dozen of them to become brothels, and watch the business roll in! Orlando would actually start taking convention business away from Vegas. The first American city to do something like this will make a tremendous amount of money. We are in a depression after all so its time to start thinking outside of the box!