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I work in the heart of Hillcrest. I don’t mean to say that as if it’s a bad thing but I believe that is probably the best jumping point for this blog. It puts you, the reader, in the place. You have a mental image of it? Yes? Ok, let’s continue.
Where I work requires me to spend a fair amount of time on the roads. I see a lot of unique things, for lack of better words. While it is littered with bars, coffee shops and overpriced trendy furniture stores, it still has some very atypical businesses. Even the Rite Aid stands out. However, one thing that Hillcrest is far from short on is pornography shops.
Gee, Adam. Just where did all this come from? Well, I’ll tell you.
Tonight I drove past F Street on University Avenue near Park Avenue. I'm not sure if that still Hillcrest or it's North Park at that point but keep with me. Anyway. It’s hard to miss, what, with the giant F in the seven thousand point font size. And it’s even lit up when the sun goes down, guiding you home as if it’s your Mecca. But it got me thinking about my own neighborhood, South Park, and what seems like the complete opposite of Hillcrest in the pornography shop business.
Why is this? What is it about South Park that keeps the porn shop industry away? Hell, there are tons of liquor stores but no pornography shops. If someone’s smart, they’ll open up a porn shop next to a liquor store. Hmm…. I am looking for a new job. But I digress.
Is it the demographics of South Park? Ok, so there are a fair amount of families and such around where I live, and even some who act posh but only have the annoying laugh, that high pitch squeal that borders on the sounds dolphins make to communicate. But why has that stopped the porn shops before? Does South Park have its own constitution or set of laws, one of them banning the sale of pornography? What is it, South Park, that pornography did to you?
I’m not a pornography connoisseur. I don’t pretend I know more than two sites that I can go to without getting pop-up windows or viruses. So I really am not all that upset by the lack of porn shops in South Park. I guess I just never noticed it before and it surprised me. It snuck up on me when I least expected it. You know, like porn has a tendency to do.
I work in the heart of Hillcrest. I don’t mean to say that as if it’s a bad thing but I believe that is probably the best jumping point for this blog. It puts you, the reader, in the place. You have a mental image of it? Yes? Ok, let’s continue.
Where I work requires me to spend a fair amount of time on the roads. I see a lot of unique things, for lack of better words. While it is littered with bars, coffee shops and overpriced trendy furniture stores, it still has some very atypical businesses. Even the Rite Aid stands out. However, one thing that Hillcrest is far from short on is pornography shops.
Gee, Adam. Just where did all this come from? Well, I’ll tell you.
Tonight I drove past F Street on University Avenue near Park Avenue. I'm not sure if that still Hillcrest or it's North Park at that point but keep with me. Anyway. It’s hard to miss, what, with the giant F in the seven thousand point font size. And it’s even lit up when the sun goes down, guiding you home as if it’s your Mecca. But it got me thinking about my own neighborhood, South Park, and what seems like the complete opposite of Hillcrest in the pornography shop business.
Why is this? What is it about South Park that keeps the porn shop industry away? Hell, there are tons of liquor stores but no pornography shops. If someone’s smart, they’ll open up a porn shop next to a liquor store. Hmm…. I am looking for a new job. But I digress.
Is it the demographics of South Park? Ok, so there are a fair amount of families and such around where I live, and even some who act posh but only have the annoying laugh, that high pitch squeal that borders on the sounds dolphins make to communicate. But why has that stopped the porn shops before? Does South Park have its own constitution or set of laws, one of them banning the sale of pornography? What is it, South Park, that pornography did to you?
I’m not a pornography connoisseur. I don’t pretend I know more than two sites that I can go to without getting pop-up windows or viruses. So I really am not all that upset by the lack of porn shops in South Park. I guess I just never noticed it before and it surprised me. It snuck up on me when I least expected it. You know, like porn has a tendency to do.