Strip Club Listed...What Greater Detroit Areas do not have strip clubs and why?

**jtactics** · February-06-11, 01:37 PM

What Greater Detroit Areas do not have strip clubs and why?

**reddog289** · February-06-11, 03:34 PM

Wayne, Westland, and Canton don't have them. I guess to keep out the riff raff.

**eastland** · February-06-11, 04:15 PM

The majority of suburbs do not because of strict zoning ordinances.

**canuck** · February-06-11, 06:00 PM

Originally Posted by eastland

The majority of suburbs do not because of strict zoning ordinances.

That's unconstitutional. If they can have strip malls, why not strip clubs?

**hudkina** · February-06-11, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by canuck

That's unconstitutional.

I must have skipped over the section dealing with strip clubs...

DC48080 · February-06-11, 06:22 PM

Originally Posted by canuck

That's unconstitutional. If they can have strip malls, why not strip clubs?

You cannot be serious with that statement. What nonsense. Do you honestly believe that, or are you just spewing nonsense?

If you do sincerely believe that then you have much to learn about the law, my friend.

**stromberg2** · February-06-11, 06:39 PM

I'm pretty sure Canuck was joking around.

Stromberg2

DC48080 · February-06-11, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by stromberg2

I'm pretty sure Canuck was joking around.

Stromberg2

I sincerely hope so because if not, that was one ignorant statement.

DetroitPole · February-06-11, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by reddog289

Wayne, Westland, and Canton don't have them. I guess to keep out the riff raff.

Yes however Westland is the home of the American Nazi Party, so they still have that going for them.

**terryh** · February-06-11, 07:12 PM

There is no point in visiting a strip club unless you can get some action in the VIP room.

**CLAUDE G** · February-06-11, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by terryh

there is no point in visiting a strip club unless you can get some action in the vip room.

lol lol lol

**firstandten** · February-06-11, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by reddog289

Wayne, Westland, and Canton don't have them. I guess to keep out the riff raff.

Thats not fair,how will all the women in those suburbs pay for there college education!

lilpup · February-06-11, 11:00 PM

Silly boy, where do you think high end escorts come from? Oh, sorry, out of your league, I see.

**canuck** · February-07-11, 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by DC48080

You cannot be serious with that statement. What nonsense. Do you honestly believe that, or are you just spewing nonsense?

If you do sincerely believe that then you have much to learn about the law, my friend.

I'm spewing nonsense, but if I were a lawyer [[yawn) I would probably go for the gusto and make a case for it.

I'm pretty sure Canuck was joking around.
Stromberg2

I sincerely hope so because if not, that was one ignorant statement.

It was meant as an ignorant joke.

**reddog289** · February-07-11, 01:41 AM

This has got me thinking.I live in Wayne, spent half my life in Westland and the other in Garden City. None of which have strip clubs.Basically across the street from all of three cities is the City of Inkster, Sin City to some. Sad thing is in Inkster for the most part the only bars that make a buck are the strip clubs. Spending time at the Grandparents in Detroit growing up, I knew the places along 8mile , They always seemed busy with alot of Caddy's and Lincolns round them.
I am not really sure of the reason on why no strip clubs, But I will stick with my first answer.

**Gistok** · February-07-11, 02:01 AM

Canuck... no need to appologize... most of us got the humor....

**Django** · February-07-11, 02:17 AM

Originally Posted by canuck

That's unconstitutional. If they can have strip malls, why not strip clubs?

I could see a legal case for this. Why is this ignorant, am I missing something?

A strip mall can have stores that sell guns and theaters that show movies with torture, sex, rape, murder
and thats all fine an dandy but cannot have a venue that would show a little nipple..

When did it become okay to watch simulated killing but not okay to watch simulated sex? Or buy an arsenal of guns to do some actual killing.

I MUST be missing DCs point.

**DetroitPlanner** · February-07-11, 08:56 AM

It has nothing to do with the consitution. This has a lot to do with enabling language in codes and how you set-up your City. Since much of Detroit was set-up prior to strong zoning or ordinances many businesses were grandfathered in. If you notice, you don't see new adult businesses going into Detroit, but rather old ones being sold or expanded.

You can set-up ordinances and zoning in a way the effectively makes it near impossible to locate. Many cities do this to keep things out such as heavy industry or trailer parks.

**Danny** · February-07-11, 09:40 AM

Lincoln Park has 2 strip club. One of John Papalas Rd and Outer Drive St. and the other at Dix and Outer Drive. All NO-thanks to Mayor Mike Vaslo BOOO!!!!

**canuck** · February-07-11, 10:47 AM

In Montreal, when the recent merger of cities transformed them into boroughs; some of these boroughs kept the bylaws and ordinances that defined them to some degree. Outremont is a ritzy borough that has plenty of restaurants and bistros with liquor permits but no bars. Strip clubs are pretty obvious everywhere else and sometimes even in strip malls...

**Detroitnerd** · February-07-11, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by DC48080

I sincerely hope so because if not, that was one ignorant statement.

I'd rather seem ignorant than have a complete lack of a sense of humor.

**eastland** · February-07-11, 09:33 PM

I remember hearing that when Players on 8 Mile replaced an old strip club, they had to keep at least one wall from the old bar so that is was considered a remodel instead of new construction. That allowed them to keep their dancing license.

NorthEndere · February-07-11, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner

You can set-up ordinances and zoning in a way the effectively makes it near impossible to locate. Many cities do this to keep things out such as heavy industry or trailer parks.

More insidiously, zoning was also used to great effect in many cities to discourage/ban certain sizes of multi-unit residential buildings [[read: apartment complexes) or certain residential densities and thus low-income folks [[read: minorities). If you couldn't get a home loan, often times regardless of your income, you were screwed, stuck with limited geographical options.

**jtactics** · February-07-11, 11:06 PM

What places in what orders are most likely to be the places the next set of strip clubs pop up? Is it still possible? How do the smoking laws apply to new clubs? old clubs?

NorthEndere · February-07-11, 11:26 PM

BTW, something major being lost in the conversation is that strip clubs and liquor licenses pretty much go hand-in-hand, so that's another thing that generally limits their proliferation, even where other zoning policies are less stringent.