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PersonAndStuff

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In old movies, street sex workers are insanely common in cities, especially in New York.

I was always thought this was odd because I've lived in LA for close to a decade and never seen anyone I thought was offering sex for sale. I'm going to assume they moved to massage parlors, the internet and maybe just areas away from nonclient traffic. Or maybe I'm just not very observant.

Because about ten minutes ago, I saw an attractive young women dancing along to her music at the bus stop. And it instantly brought a smile to my face. Because she seemed so happy. Then a guy in a black sedan pulled up, snapped a photo with a telephoto lens and she stopped dancing. Guy next to me commented "there goes the cops." Pretty steep 180. From "there is happiness and good in this world" to "that's a sex worker trying to drum up business."
 
TheBeardedOne

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Never. At least, not that I know of. I've wondered the same kind of things.

Whenever I've been in a city, I haven't seen anything, including LA, Toronto and more. Even in a smaller city where I've heard it exists, I haven't seen anything.
 
Darth Karja

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I saw one on the bus once. She was talking about it that's the only way I knew. And a few others I thought might have been.
 
nel e nel

nel e nel

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You all realize that sex workers usually stick to specific areas where they won't get busted as frequently, right? If you haven't seen it, then either you don't know where to go, or you haven't been to where they're at.
 
RichardHawk

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PersonAndStuff said:
In old movies, street sex workers are insanely common in cities, especially in New York.

I was always thought this was odd because I've lived in LA for close to a decade and never seen anyone I thought was offering sex for sale. I'm going to assume they moved to massage parlors, the internet and maybe just areas away from nonclient traffic. Or maybe I'm just not very observant.

Because about ten minutes ago, I saw an attractive young women dancing along to her music at the bus stop. And it instantly brought a smile to my face. Because she seemed so happy. Then a guy in a black sedan pulled up, snapped a photo with a telephoto lens and she stopped dancing. Guy next to me commented "there goes the cops." Pretty steep 180. From "there is happiness and good in this world" to "that's a sex worker trying to drum up business."
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Have you never driven down Sepulveda near Encino? There's literally 10-20 women walking around at night next to a string of shitty hotels. There's also a fair amount in Van Nuys and near LAX
 
Verelios

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I live in NY and constantly wonder where all the street walkers media tell me are here are. I see pimps (and this is the odd one, it's just them trying to pick up girls), I see hustlers, I see runners, not seeing any prostitutes. But then again, maybe I just can't tell? I dunno.
 
dyst

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When I was younger, in DC during the 80s and 90s there were lots of them on certain streets. Not as much anymore, I certainly don’t see them.
 
El Bombastico

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Yep, few years ago at a Denny's. Behind me and friend sat what was clearly two prostitutes and their pimp.
 
HaL64

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I did once.
It was when we went to LA for E3 in the early 2000's. We got the best cheap hotel we could find close to the Staples Center. When I arrived at the hotel we were unloading the rental car and I saw two stereotypical crack whores walking down the street yelling at each other from opposite sides of the street. One of them yelled out to the other "What you doing honey?". The other replied "Oh, nothing, just trying to get laid!".
Obviously hoping we'd hear them.
When we got in the hotel we noticed there was a mirror above the bed.
I stayed in that hotel for 3 nights.
Nasty.
 
Alwayscrazybacon

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A lot of them look for clients in high end hotel bars and around the lobbies. I was in a hotel bar with a colleague one time and it wasn't a busy night but I pointed out to him that every woman in that bar was a sex worker. He simply hadn't noticed that all the women were there alone, not drinking and making constant casual circuits around the few tables were there were men sitting. We were in that bar for over an hour.
 

Cybersai

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I live in New York and I've never seen prostitutes either. I have no idea where these people are, I thought NY was filled with sex workers?
 
Platy

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A friend in middle school lived near a small town square that was full of those people

...it was also the only place near her house that my buss had a stop.
It was kinda fun seeing cars stopping near me and I was like "mr rich dude in a fancy car, this is a buss stop, the workers are there"
 
Deepwater

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I say if you’re out in public for any considerable amount of time you’ve probably seen sex workers, you just didn’t recognize them as sex workers. They don’t all look like how the media caricatures them as.
 

Cybersai

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Deepwater said:
I say if you’re out in public for any considerable amount of time you’ve probably seen sex workers, you just didn’t recognize them as sex workers. They don’t all look like how the media caricatures them as.
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Then how do they get business? If they're indistinguishable from any other woman on the street?
 
Agent_ShortBus

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You gotta drive down the boulevard or main street of the lower income parts of town. My buddy lives off one of these streets and he always points them out when were out and about.
 
Smitington

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Yeah, like other people have said, it's usually on one or two specific streets or parts of town. I'm in Seattle, and have seen them north of 125th on Aurora. It's mostly used car dealerships and pawn shops up there.
 

Squiggely

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Having lived in Barcelona for a few years, yup they exist.

They were never aggressive though and quite fun if you had a sense of humour (most of the time).

I wasn't a tourist, once they clocked that they'd be up for a chat if you had any sense of wit and they are bored out of their minds.
 
lenovox1

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I've seen obvious hookers on Tropicana Blvd. near the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas. There's plenty of them.
 
Deepwater

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Cybersai said:
Then how do they get business? If they're indistinguishable from any other woman on the street?
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Maybe I should clarify. The OP does say “street walkers” which does imply that they’re soliciting people on the street. In which case usually sex workers have a particular block or street in which they solicit Johns. Thats different from just generally seeing one in public.
 
hom3land

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One of my first nights being stationed in Naples italy, I saw half naked African prostitutes hanging around a fire. Was pretty damn shocking and sad.
 
Kodros

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I lived near Aurora Ave in North Seattle so I've seen a ton of street walkers over the years.

Cybersai said:
Then how do they get business? If they're indistinguishable from any other woman on the street?
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Need to look for the signs. Woman with a big purse making a lot of eye contact with cars. Also, they won't just stand there, they walk on one side of the street, cross, and then go back the other way.
 

Squiggely

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hom3land said:
One of my first nights being stationed in Naples italy, I saw half naked African prostitutes hanging around a fire. Was pretty damn shocking and sad.
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When many moons ago I dated a Sicilian girl, her kick-boxer cousin drove me to an area with them, it was a run down slum.

I think his point was to shock me, it worked. It was genuinely sad.
 
Sowrong

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PersonAndStuff said:
In old movies, street sex workers are insanely common in cities, especially in New York.

I was always thought this was odd because I've lived in LA for close to a decade and never seen anyone I thought was offering sex for sale. I'm going to assume they moved to massage parlors, the internet and maybe just areas away from nonclient traffic. Or maybe I'm just not very observant.

Because about ten minutes ago, I saw an attractive young women dancing along to her music at the bus stop. And it instantly brought a smile to my face. Because she seemed so happy. Then a guy in a black sedan pulled up, snapped a photo with a telephoto lens and she stopped dancing. Guy next to me commented "there goes the cops." Pretty steep 180. From "there is happiness and good in this world" to "that's a sex worker trying to drum up business."
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Do you never go out at night? They’re all over la.
 
TaterTots

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Of course. My friend got a bj in the backseat while I drank a Sonic slushi in the front seat. I seen the same person 2 days later at a red light driving a very nice car with a couple of kids.
 
Skux

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Prostitution is legal here in New Zealand but you barely see them. Most services are either on-call or brothel based.
 
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