I'm not actually sure what the latest laws are, but one of the biggest impacts regarding SWS occurred about two years ago when the city repealed the loitering laws. Police have been saying that they aren't allowed to stop and question SWs anymore as a result. I haven't really seen any stings with my own eyes, but two years ago police were stopping guys who had just picked-up a suspected SW and they'd question them, I saw that happen a few times. However, I haven't really seen anything like that since summer 2020. So as Gin said, now girls walk down the street in their thongs, shake their asses at traffic and wave guys down. At night SPD are parked all over the area and watching but rarely do they do anything. One time not long ago I was stopped and talking to an SW on a side street and SPD drove right by us and the cop didn't even look at us. She didn't seem worried at all and when I asked her if they were doing anything she said, "not at all". Zero fucks given and zero concern. These days a lot of the girls won't approach if you don't stop right where they're standing which is usually right on the corner in front of everyone on Aurora. I really don't like doing that so if she won't approach I'll drive away. But I see other guys stop right on Aurora to talk to a girl.
We had a candidate for City Attorney this past November who wanted to de-criminalize sex work in Seattle. The police union called her an anarchist and she got a lot of negative press. Thing is, right now people are sick and tired of seeing homeless, spikes in crime, etc, so talking about de-criminalization of sex work is not something people were really open to right now. But the thing is nobody is really doing anything and the girls are running wild out there so I'm not sure what the difference is, honestly. But I think the talk of de-criminalization will occur again in the future, right now was just the wrong time. Recently there have been some shootings at the motels where a lot of the SWs do business and that got the mayor's attention, apparently. A couple of girls told me last week that SPD did come through one night and tell all of them to clear-out, something they haven't done in a very long time. So I'm not sure what's coming, if anything, but it sort of feels as if the city will start cracking-down on Aurora here at some point.
[QUOTE=BackInSea;5942679]So apparently Aurora Ave has gone back to the 90's when girls are basically wearing stripper heels and outfits on the streets now. I also watch that YouTube channel and there are some intriguing ladies on there.
When I was on the East Coast, I know that Seattle decided to try out something akin to the Nordic Model, but I'm not sure if they actually implemented yet. I know that SPD ran an undercover massage parlor sting in Seattle following the Nordic Model-like mandate.
Seems like the South Sound stroll (Pacific Hwy from Federal Way up to Seatac Airport) is basically dead now.
Just curious, but what are the actual laws now? I would've thought that the ladies here would be more open about their menu since Nordic Model is focused on clients and not the providers.[/QUOTE]
