[wink]

As I have no idea what percentage of people frequent strip clubs, I'm mostly wondering if the sample size (and especially the demographic) is big enough to even be representative of anything.

Then again I'm not from the US and not generally visiting strip clubs. It's a topic that doesn't come up very often either.

[ProllyInfamous]

Two of the biggest club spenders in Houston and Atlanta (jurisdictions with notoriously-lax restrictions on sex work - "how much you got, mister?") are: finance and energy -sector consultants, entertaining clients.

They don't go out to'da'clubs when their clients aren't able to afford anything.

[btbuildem]

I don't think the percentage matters; it's the difference between money being and not being spent. It's not my scene, but I am guessing this correlates with highly disposable income -- people who make too much too easily so they can throw it away just as freely. If that stops flowing, I think it's a decent indicator of a general slow-down.

[wink]

Yeah sure, but naively I'd still assume "tips for pizza delivery people" would be a much better indicator as it would be a much broader target audience.

Then again, maybe it's too mundane again and with the tipping culture (as far as I have heard about it) there is much less spread in tips than where I live.

[saalweachter]

Do you think the guys writing this article would rather interview a dozen pizza delivery people or a dozen strippers?