We never noticed hookers anywhere else. But Madrid impressed me as being full of hookers, wall to wall, wherever you went.
Sometimes it was not obvious at first, you would see a college girl leaning up against a lamp post fooling with her cell phone. One draws no conclusion from that. You come back 2 hours later, same girl, same post. I suppose one reason I ask is that many Americans I have talked to about our vacation have reacted positively to the fact that we went to Barcelona or Granada, but have had big reservations about Madrid.
I liked Madrid OK, we had some good food there and the museums are absolute must sees. In a way it is sad because it reflects a rough economy. I imagine that many Americans might be horrified by the phenomenon. So I found it vaguely entertaining I suppose. When I was leaving Rome around noon a couple of years ago, I noticed all the ladies along the roadside.
Also when I was in Padua, I noticed a bevy of tall leggy ladies. Incidentally, the fact that Americans are horrified about hookers shows how conservative our society really is. People need to get out and see the world! On Monteras, which is a bustling pedestrian mall leading down to the Plaza del Sol, we watched ladies moving in on wealthy looking men in suits, putting an arm around him and making a sales pitch. Costa Rica has hookers everywhere, it is legal there!
Saw a ton of fat guys with little tiny things that I know were hookers, It was more entertaining for me then anything. My wife at the time thought it was awful! My ex-wife and I were propositioned once in Paris by a gorgeous blonde hanging out in front of a small hotel. For some reason, I seem to always get targeted by junkie-looking beggars in SF. That really bugs me. I recall one particularly unpleasant one following me around while I was walking to the Pinecrest Diner corner Geary and Mason for breakfast very early one morning - she was really skinny, with a gaunt face and very sharp-looking eyes.
