Amsterdam.
Such a bad rap.
Sex, Drugs, and Gambling. All legal here.
The Real Sin City.
Yes, it's all true. So let me tell more.
Let's start with the red light district. It is an area of the city, where as the name suggests, working girls work. They have doorways that they stand in, dressed in everything from sexy underwear to school girl outfits. The variety is endless, from white, Asian, to black, skinny, big, short, and tall. All types are here. They watch as tourists and perverts walk buy. Catching the lucky one when they make eye contact, open up their door and begin to do business. From there, they go in the room where the curtain is closed and whatever the deed may be is done. Sources say that on an average night a "good" girl can make €500. As any working person, they are licensed and file taxes.
If you're not feeling sex and rather take care of business personally, there are always one of the dozens of shows and movie rooms. I'm not talking about the west end anymore either. For a small fee, €5-10 a little show can be seen to assist in business matters. If you want to watch your films at home or take souvenir back to the bedroom there is always one of the countless sex shops that cater to every fetish and orientation imangiable.
Next is perhaps the most infamous drug culture. Amsterdam is notorious for it coffee shops. And I'm not talking about starbucks. Here patrons can buy their choice of cannabis, take it with them or enjoy it there if they have a smoking room. Yes, you smell some pot as you walk by the shops. No everyone is not stoned all the time. If anything, use is tightly regulated and to see someone without looking into a shop is rare. Hard drugs are strictly illegal and tightly enforced. I would say, after seeing this culture from the outside first hand, marijuana should be legalized in the united states. Everyone seemed a lot less stressed and less rude. I have no issues with legalization, in fact, tax it and use it to help subsidize the deficit that is such an issue. Legalization does not mean everyone will smoke. For instance, I along with millions of other Americans can buy cigarettes and we don't smoke, why would this be any different? Saves money in law enforcement, makes money in taxes. The branches of the government to enforce are already established (tobacco and firearms) so it seems to me a win, win situation.
Finally are the casinos. They are big and flashy, like any other casino, not much else left here to say.
There is a line between can and will. Just because you can, doesn't mean you will.
-Until
Matt
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