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  2. List of red-light districts - Wikipedia

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    Manningham – the red light district is situated around Lumb Lane and Manningham Lane and was featured in the TV series Band of Gold. [250] Huddersfield. Great Northern Street [251] Leeds. Chapeltown – the traditional red light-area was around the Spencer Place and Avenue Hill streets. This has diminished in importance since the emergence of ...

  3. Combat Zone, Boston - Wikipedia

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    The name "Combat Zone" was popularized through a series of exposé articles on the area Jean Cole wrote for the Boston Daily Record in the 1960s. [1] The moniker described an area that resembled a war zone both because of its well-known crime and violence, and because many soldiers and sailors on shore leave from the Charlestown (Boston) Navy Yard frequented the many strip clubs and brothels ...

  4. Red-light district - Wikipedia

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    A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters, are found. In most cases, red-light districts are particularly associated with female street prostitution , though in some cities, these areas may coincide ...

  5. Monto - Wikipedia

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    In its heyday from the 1860s to the 1950s, there were anything up to 1,600 prostitutes working there at any one time, with all classes of customers catered for. Dublin was reputed to have the biggest red light district in Europe and its profits were aided by the enormous number of British Army garrisons in the city, notably the Royal Barracks (later Collins Barracks and now one of the ...

  6. Category:Red-light districts in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A red-light district is a part of an urban area where there is a concentration of prostitution and sex-orientated businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, adult theaters, etc. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Red-light districts in the United States .

  7. Rue d'Aerschot - Wikipedia

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    Prostitution in the Rue d'Aerschot is known to have existed before World War I. [1] In modern times, it has become the main red-light district in Brussels and has many "windows" that scantily dressed prostitutes sit in trying to attract trade. Most of the girls are Romanian or Bulgarian. [5] A portion of the street, with red lights and ...

  8. NYC neighborhood in AOC’s district blasted as ‘third world ...

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    Local resident Ramses Frías, a Democrat-turned-Republican who is running for the Assembly District 39 seat to clean up his community's streets, filmed blocks and blocks of illegal vendors selling ...

  9. Red-light districts in Belgium - Wikipedia

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    The main red light district in Brussels is north of Brussels-North railway station in the Rue d'Aerschot/Aarschotstraat and surrounding side-streets. As of 2008, there were about 250-300 prostitutes working in about 60 windows in the area.