[MrLeRoy]

"He cited increased crime,

Do strip clubs create crime or just relocate it?

decreased property values,

Nobody has a "right" to stable property values. Selling a house in a white neighborhood to a black family may decrease the market value of neighboring homes; should it therefore be illegal to sell to a black family?

health hazards

I just plain disbelieve that---titties are health hazards?

and urban blight

Do strip clubs create urban blight or just relocate it?

as secondary effects of strip clubs."

[bvw]

The atmosphere in and around strip club does breed crime. More indirectly, by lowering the bar of expectations, and diluting, removing, even mocking the sense of shame that should accompany working in or attending such a place.

There is also direct crime -- prostituion, pimping, drug-selling, slavery, extortion, bribery, robbery, common in these places. In nearly every case they degrade the spirit.

I'm not a absolutist -- in a uncommon times and places some small number of these places may be a help. I'd rather not go into why, and wherefore, because people are prideful.