I never heard of backpage before....
I looked it up and found my city...
One of the first ads listed was for a 70 year old gal looking to “sell” her services....
Even had a picture....egads....
Can’t get pregnant.
Might be worth it...once...
Hopefully it was her dinner service she was trying to sell.
Ain’t the internet wonderful?
Backpage.com used to be owned by Village Voice Media. They have sex ads (and possibly other things). Village Voice still receiving paid advertising from the now divested company.
Village Voice was forced to “distance” (but not shun) Backpage.com because of repeated instances of underaged and trafficked women being solicited in the newspaper (and I suppose website) ads.
Such advertising funds the “alternative weekly” left wing tabloids you can find in most major cities.