Seattle: An original sin city

Oct 19, 2005 02:08

I'm watching "Wild West Tech," and this episode's about vices.

Here's what I found out about Seattle, lormagins.

Seattle, in the late 1800s, taxed prostitution, and 87 percent of the revune the city took in was from taxing prostitution.

After the great fire of 1889, the city was rebuilt, but one storey higher, creating a subterranean city for even more vice.

How freakin' cool is that?

I love The History Channel!

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