I know which place you’re referring to, and, yes, it’s an eyesore and embarrassment to the state. It seems that that’s also the way of things in the big towns and cities of Texas; enter Ft Worth/Tarrant Co from the west, and you see several XXX businesses on the Interstate. Same on the SE side and I-35W on the South. Why these are there to greet visitors and newcomers is beyond me.
Phew!
I had some trepidation in posting about this matter since I thought it would be perceived as "nanny statism" (especially considering my recent sign on date marks me as a clueless n00b here on FR). It is gratifying to realize that quite a few others agree that the XXX businesses, smut shops and stripper bars are an embarrassment to our great state. Yes such places are indeed legal and an unrestrained free market grants them as much right to exist as less tacky businesses.
On a lighter note, Tony Soprano's fictional Bada-Bing club is probably just fine and dandy for Lodi, New Jersey. That's just they way they are in Joisey. But I think we Texans are better than that! :-)