Sin City (description)
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For other uses, see Sin City (disambiguation).
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. If the area is small, it is called a Red-light district.
Cities or areas that have this description include:
- Las Vegas, Nevada (gambling)
- New Orleans, Louisiana (wild partying)
- Montréal, Québec, Canada (strip clubs, sex shops)
- Soho, London, UK
- Terre Haute, Indiana (gambling, alcohol)
- Windsor, Ontario, Canada
- Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia
- Amsterdam, North Holland, the Netherlands (marijuana consumption)
- The Boy's Town, Nuevo Laredo, Mexico area
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates (untraditional culture)
- Cities in Thailand:
- Bangkok (prostitution)
- Chiang Mai
- Pai
- Chiang Rai
[edit] Historical
Older Sin Cities during the 1920s included Berlin (Germany), Paris (France) and Shanghai (China).
