Sin City (description)
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Sin City is a nickname for an urban area (a city or part of) that caters to various vices, perhaps the most well known example being Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. These vices may be legal (depending on area) or illegal activities which are tolerated.
Examples of vices include sex-related services (prostitution, strip clubs, sex shops, etc), gambling (casinos, betting shops, etc), or drug use (alcohol, marijuana, etc. consumption), and even excessive gang activity. If the area is small, it is often called a red-light district, as in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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[edit] Sin Cities in the world
Cities or areas that have this reputation include:
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (male & female prostitution, drinking, clubbing)
- Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. (gambling, prostitution; quote: "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.")
- Angeles City, Philippines (prostitution, paedophilia, alcohol, brothels, gambling, gang activity)[1][2][3]
- Pattaya, Thailand (strip clubs, sex shops, prostitution, drinking, clubbing)[citation needed]
- Soho, London, England, U.K. (prostitution)[4]
- Amsterdam, North Holland, the Netherlands (prostitution, brothels, strip clubs, sex shops, marijuana consumption)
- Hamburg, Germany (prostitution, brothels, strip clubs, sex shops)
- Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia (prostitution, drugs, strip clubs, sex shops, alcohol, clubbing)
[edit] Former Sin Cities
- Europe
- Berlin, 1920s and early 1930s (Prostitution, numerous cabarets, decadence in general)[citation needed]
- Americas
- Storyville, New Orleans from 1897 through 1917 (prostitution, brothels, gambling, and speakeasies)
- Chicago in the 1920s (prostitution, bootlegging, organized crime, and gang activity)
- Montreal, which earned a reputation for vice through American tourists fleeing the prohibition laws. [5]
- In 1955, Terre Haute, IN was labeled Sin City by the monthly magazine Stag. (reputation for being "wide open", with gambling and a well-developed "red light district")
- In the 1980-1990's Michigan City, IN was considered Sin City, with the proliferation of massage parlors
- Asia
[edit] References
- ^ "EVAT hits sin city, freelance sex appears to be on the rise". The Manila Times. The Manila Times Publishing Corp.. 2003-11-04. Archived from the original on 2005-11-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20051124083102/http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/nov/07/yehey/prov/20051107pro1.html. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
- ^ "Far East sex tourists exposed". BBC News. BBC. 2003-11-04. Archived from the original on 2004-02-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20040226212040/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/3238033.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-14. "Nicknamed 'Sin City,' it is the centre of the Philippines sex industry and a magnet for travellers known as 'whorists', who want to have sex with young girls."
- ^ Perera, Cheryl (2007-09-26). "Sin City" ([dead link] – Scholar search). Gazette Magazine (Montreal, Canada: The Gazette) 62 (2). http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/gazette/vol69no2/sin_e.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-02. "its infamous 'Sin City'".
- ^ The brothel creeper | Magazine | The Observer
- ^ Montreal’s scandals in mayoral race revive Sin City moniker
- ^ CBC-TV - Legendary Sin Cities - Shanghai
