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Sin City is a nickname for an urban area (a city or part of) that caters to various vices, perhaps the most well known example being Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. These vices may be legal (depending on area) or illegal activities which are tolerated.

Examples of vices include sex-related services (prostitution, strip clubs, sex shops, etc), gambling (casinos, betting shops, etc), or drug use (alcohol, marijuana, etc. consumption), and even excessive gang activity. If the area is small, it is often called a red-light district, as in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Contents 1 Sin Cities in the world 1.1 Former Sin Cities 2 References 3 See also

[edit] Sin Cities in the world

Cities or areas that have this reputation include:

Americas

• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (male & female prostitution, drinking, clubbing)
• Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. (gambling, prostitution, clubbing, 24 liquor sales; quote: "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.")
• Los Angeles and neighboring Hollywood, New York, San Francisco, U.S. (film, television, music, publishing industries, gangs, esp. L.A., pro-homosexuality, major glamorous destinations for many teen runaways.)

Asia

• Angeles City, Philippines (prostitution, pedophilia, alcohol, brothels, gambling, gang activity)^[1][2][3]
• Pattaya, Thailand (strip clubs, sex shops, prostitution, drinking, clubbing)^{[citation needed]}

Europe

• Soho, London, England, U.K. (prostitution)^[4]
• Amsterdam, North Holland, the Netherlands (prostitution, brothels, strip clubs, sex shops, marijuana consumption)
• Hamburg, Germany (prostitution, brothels, strip clubs, sex shops)

Oceania

• Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia (prostitution, drugs, strip clubs, sex shops, alcohol, clubbing)

[edit] Former Sin Cities

Europe

• Berlin, 1920s and early 1930s (Prostitution, numerous cabarets, decadence in general)^{[citation needed]}

Americas

• Storyville, New Orleans from 1897 through 1917 (prostitution, brothels, gambling, and speakeasies)
• Chicago in the 1920s (prostitution, bootlegging, organized crime, and gang activity)
• Montreal, which earned a reputation for vice through American tourists fleeing the prohibition laws. ^[5]
• In 1955, Terre Haute, IN was labeled Sin City by the monthly magazine Stag. (reputation for being "wide open", with gambling and a well-developed "red light district")
• In the 1980-1990's Michigan City, IN was considered Sin City, with the proliferation of massage parlors

Asia

• Shanghai, China, 1920's and 1930's.^[6]

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• Vice City
• Sodom and Gomorrah
• Red-light district