[orbifold]

This seems very strange, why on earth would you pay that much to listen to music and who are you trying to impress? Is there some implicit assumption that you can meet otherwise unavailable women / men there? That seems extremely unlikely as well.

[frostburg]

I assume that it's prostitution with extra steps.

[the-dude]

It has been submitted before : https://www.economist.com/1843/2020/07/03/the-secret-economi...

Here : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24390388

[mensetmanusman]

Access to higher “””quality””” drugs and women.