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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is funny in that so many of you don't know much about how things went down in Springfield, particularly central.

There used to be TWO strip clubs in Springfield, I believe both owned by the same family. Dauphine's Steak House (where Papermoon currently is) and the 1320 Club which was in Brookfield Plaza. The way Papermoon came about was that either local or state law says that no more strip club licenses can be issued, but those on the books can be continued if someone buys the rights (something to that effect, now a lawyer). So when Dauphine's shut down the license came very close to going away, but at the last minute the owner's of Papermoon bought it. Hence it is still there. Not sure what can be done about it. It is not really adjacent to schools as it sits firmly in the middle of the Springfield business district. I wouldn't mind it going away, but like I said, not sure what can be done. It puts the spring in Springfield (see the Simpsons - hahaha). No one bought the rights for the 1320 Club license, so it expired forever.

The big adult video store (MVC Late Night) went away years ago. If a smaller store is operating somewhere in the area I am not aware. But like the strip club, not sure what can be done about it legally. I have to imagine that the main business they do is not video since that really doesn't work as a business model anymore (you know, the internet).

As for the schools, they suffer due to the fact that central Springfield has absorbed much of the local immigration in the area. So the schools aren't bad, but they do have to work with a high concentration of poor, ESL students from families where the parents themselves have little education. So the scores are going to be lower. Central Springfield was actually very white (and somewhat Asian and Black) through the 90's.

Traffic - it does suck in the Springfield area, but it is certainly not alone around here. And crime is not spiraling out of control. Probably more in central Springfield than say Fairfax Station, but that is almost a given with the higher concentration of humans, businesses, and poverty. But hardly a super rough area.

People just like to trash other communities.[/quote]

Those of us discussing the strip club aren't trashing the area.

We are saying the residents deserve better from their board of supervisors and zoning.

The strip club is too close to homes and schools.

It need to be zoned out of that residential commercial area, over to the industrial park, warehouses and car repair shops over in that part of Lorton along I-95  just before Fort Belvoir.[/quote]

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