Originally Posted by
LeannaM
I wouldn't want to live near a bar or strip club, but they're legal and they pay taxes. I don't approve of the activities that go on there, but they're legal, so I see no reason to drive them away. Do they bring down property values around them? Possibly. But unless there's some better business waiting to move in, driving them away will only drive away tax dollars.
No city needs strip clubs or bars or nail salons or pawn shops, or book stores or any of that stuff. A city needs hospitals, schools, government buildings, and grocery stores.
That said, are strip clubs the biggest problem in Detroit?