Opinion of Rhode Island

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Legal prostitution and strip clubs galore. Big time Freedom State.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

This is an odd case where liberals and libertarians are in total agreement. Not sure if libertarians would like their taxes though.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Appropriate that Quagmire lives there, since he's basically a male prostitute (Remember: "Fat chicks need love too...but they have to pay!")

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

What makes Rhode Island the best state?

What I explained in my first post. Prostitution is legal (Though brothels and streetwalking isn't), and there are loads of unregulated strip clubs.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I've never actually paid for sex in the opebo sense. I've given money to girls I've had sex with because they're strippers or bought drinks but that's different and legal. I have however had massages with a "happy ending", I suppose the illegality did give a bit of a thrill, but it's still a minor thing aspect. Of course Minneapolis doesn't really arrest people for that anyway (You basically have to go after streetwalkers to get arrested for prostitution, nothing else is enforced, some parlors get shut down every now and then, but they don't even bother to arrest the staff, much less the customers.) And I've never had one in a place where it's legal, so I don't have a comparison, unlike underage drinking which I can tell you is way more fun.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Rhode Island has legal prostitution?  Hmmm, my negative opinion of the place might need to be revisited. 

For now at least. The most well known and visible forms of prostitution are still illegal though. But "escort services" and classified ad call girls aren't violating any law.

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And from what I hear they don't even really enforce that. Providence is full of Asian "massage parlors". Sounds like Minneapolis, where there's a well known massage parlor/brothel within walking distance from the main police state that's been open for well over a decade. I suppose cops prefer visits there to donut breaks unsurprisingly.

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Prostitution in Rhode Island is legal only as long as it's completely done in private. So streetwalking and brothels are still illegal, but independent providers off Craigslist and the like are legal.

Flyers: The thread is about RI, not Philadelphia.

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It's quite obvious from their laws and culture that no one cares one iota about the Church there anyway.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Dull authoritarian sh**thole. Ranked third least free state in the nation.

Obviously horrible state.

Uh, it has some of the laxest rules on strip clubs and has legal prostitution unlike 48 other states. Doesn't sound very authoritarian to me.

Dull authoritarian sh**thole. Ranked third least free state in the nation.

Obviously horrible state.

They keep finding ways to drive people out with taxes and regulations yes. But that's not the worst.. It's the johns and gambling addicts infesting the state.

Wow, you're supposed to be some sort of libertarian and now you're opposing gambling and prostitution?

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Supporting prostitution is not freedom.

Particularly when you consider how many of the people involved were either smuggled in illegally or don't really have the option of leaving. We're not exactly talking about call girls here. And if you think that isn't as much of a problem in countries where it's been legalized just take a look what's going on in places like Australia.

And that type of stuff IS illegal in Rhode Island. Call girls aren't. So yes, we are talking about that sort of thing. Brothels, pimping, etc. are all illegal. Only call girls who advertise in classifieds or escort services are not.

Dull authoritarian sh**thole. Ranked third least free state in the nation.

Obviously horrible state.

Uh, it has some of the laxest rules on strip clubs and has legal prostitution unlike 48 other states. Doesn't sound very authoritarian to me.

Yeah, I read that already in your OP, why are you repeating it as if it were relevant?

It is relevant as it shows areas in which the state is decidedly non-authoritarian.

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That's too bad, but I bet the notorious strip club prostitution there will continue. It was illegal even before this, yet was largely unenforced. RI sounds similar to Minneapolis in this regards, while Minneapolis is pretty tough on street prostitution all other forms are basically ignored and the strip clubs are NEVER policed, to the point where a strip club exists where a stripper was willing to give me a handjob during a private dance. Without me paying anything extra. Or even requesting it. Or having seen her at any point prior to that night. Furthermore a well known brothel is open within walking distance of the main police station. And has been open for 20 years.