Nevada Brothels

What do the red hearts stand for? Where are they concentrated? Map source: J. R. Schwartz, The Official Guide to the Best Cat Houses in Nevada. Boise, ID: Straight Arrow Publishing, 1991.

Answers:

  • red hearts = brothels, places for legalized prostitution;
  • Brothels are concentrated just outside Las Vegas and Reno and mostly along the major interstate highways.
  • Except for the counties in which Las Vegas and Reno are located, some form of prostitution is legal in the rest of Nevada, the only state in the United States that has legalized prostitution.

    Visit the Cherry Patch and Mabel's brothels in Nye County, about 60 miles north of Las Vegas.

    In 2000, Nevada had one arrest for every 478 residents for prostitution or "commercial vice"; neighboring California only had one such arrest for every 2,731 residents [Source: The Economist, 10 May 2003, p. 29].

    Optional: read about the latest idea to make a brothel a tourist attraction!

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    Created by Ingolf Vogeler on 1 May 1996; last revised on 02 February 2005.