Where The Vices Are

As the song in Avenue Q goes, the 'Internet is for porn'. It's unsurprising that erotic cinemas are in decline, what with various apps available, and gentrification added to the mix. Sure they offend a lot of moral tastes, and aren't the most sanitary of communal spaces, but such 'seedy' spaces have always been part of cityscapes.

See: Deep Inside London's Dying Sex Cinemas by John Lucas

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In Moriarty, New Mexico there's a truck stop in the middle of the desert where showgirls entertain. Whether stripping, burlesque performing, pole sliding, or just scandalous twerking and grinding, there are plenty of establishments for it.

Roxanne is still out there, walking the streets for money, and not all of them have the Pretty Woman fairytale. Whether it's The Last Peep Show, infamous trucker towns or Turkish brothels... prostitution remains part of our social reality.

For when physical fantasies involves a bit of pain and kinky, there's bondage discipline sadomasochism. Care to take lessons from a professional dominatrix in Sweden? Or hop to downtown LA for financial domination classes. Whatever fetish you desire, know that the biggest BDSM fair happens in San Francisco.

It's easy enough to find the standard casinos and legit bookies. If you want an alternative, there's the Margaritaville Resort, or go to Kabul where men bet on quail and dog fights.

As seen in various police-based TV series, there's probably paper maps on walls out there, with pinned profiles of drug dealers. Ever wondered if distributors of illegal substances are as organised with their places of business?

And if there is a rise of students dealing drugs, we're curious if an illegal version of a Freshers Week guide is out there.

Categories for dens of iniquity will probably include Meth Labs, Crack Houses, and lots of other narcotic related spots.

You could say they are natural foragers, but some people know where certain organic psychedelics and herbals can be found.

You could visit Swaziland - the Gold Mine of Marijuana, New Zealand's Weed Museum, this Weed Vending Machine in Canada, or check out the opium fields in Afghanistan.

There's the legal ones you can find in your local event listings guide... and then there's the secret ones that you randomly discover last minute by word of mouth or end up totally missing out on. In any case, there's always an ad hoc party place out there, and guaranteed that any nefarious activities will involve some form of investigative journalism or documentary.