Of course, in other places, you can be arrested (for solicitation, even though sex or money is never mentioned) for simply talking to a woman on a street corner (this has happened repeatedly in MO).
Wow. Glad I don’t live in Missouri. I have a habit of talking to friendly strangers.
I may have been overly broad, but not by much... KC (both MO and KS) have a history of well publicized prostitution stings, and there's all sorts of press coverage of the arrests, announcing of the names of those arrested, etc... Then, far fewer than 1/2 of the cases are ever prosecuted because there was simply no evidence for the initial arrest. Simply being in an area known for prostitution isn't enough for a conviction. But I guess it's often enough for probably cause. There have been some law suits over it, but it still goes on.
Mark