TRUCKERS & SEX * USA - In this economy, even sex doesn't sell
At Donna's Ranch, a brothel in Wells, Nev., most of the customers are long-haul truckers. High fuel and food prices have drained them of 'play money.' So the working girls sit and wait
Wells,Nev,USA -Los Angeles Times, by Ashley Powers -November 4, 2008: -- The women at Donna's Ranch are crowded around the kitchen table on a warm summer night, dining on stir fry, tugging at thigh-high dresses, griping about depleted bank accounts. At this northeastern Nevada bordello, which marks a gravel road's end, they woo grizzled truckers and weary travelers for a single reason: money... Lately, the women don't go home with much... Signs of the economic free fall have cropped up in many of Nevada's 25 or so legal brothels. The Mustang Ranch, for example, has a steady stream of customers, but the number of women vying for work has soared. Even a 74-year-old applied. This summer, the Shady Lady gave $50 gas cards to those who spent $300. The Moonlite Bunny Ranch offered extras to customers paying with their economic stimulus checks... (Photo by George Frey/The Los Angeles Times - Dallas, who works at Donna’s Ranch in Wells, Nev., waits for customers. Signs of the economic free fall have cropped up in many of Nevada’s 25 or so legal brothels. Donna’s Ranch has seen its business plummet nearly 20%)
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