A Line Has Been Drawn
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace. - Oscar Wilde
In the spirit of Mr. Wilde, Amsterdam has drawn a line. They have declared that the current sale of 'undesirable goods and services' has gotten out of hand. The first step in enforcing the new moral line occurred yesterday when a non-profit group bought out one of the cities largest entrepreneurs.
They dropped $35 million on Prostitute Windows.
A Prostitute Window is exactly as it sounds, a window in which a prostitute is posing, and is what makes the Red Light district so famous. The purchased Windows represent a third of the red light district. That third will be converted into apartments and regular store fronts constituting an estimated $21 million loss in real estate value.
While the district and the related industry will still be legal, it will be experiencing some shrinkage.
In the spirit of Mr. Wilde, Amsterdam has drawn a line. They have declared that the current sale of 'undesirable goods and services' has gotten out of hand. The first step in enforcing the new moral line occurred yesterday when a non-profit group bought out one of the cities largest entrepreneurs.
They dropped $35 million on Prostitute Windows.
A Prostitute Window is exactly as it sounds, a window in which a prostitute is posing, and is what makes the Red Light district so famous. The purchased Windows represent a third of the red light district. That third will be converted into apartments and regular store fronts constituting an estimated $21 million loss in real estate value.
While the district and the related industry will still be legal, it will be experiencing some shrinkage.
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