Las Vegas Massage Parlors: Recession Road Trip author finds apt subject in Las Vegas
September 17, 2009 by rubmetender
Atlantic Monthly writer Christina Davidson is cutting across all 48 contiguous states for a project titled, “Recession Road Trip.” This month Davidson stopped in Las Vegas and zeroed in on “Jimmy,” who has taken out a Craigslist ad peddling erotic massage for men to make ends meet.
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Davidson also likes to dig for recession stories, even when her three-state-per-week schedule (during which she takes her own photos) puts uncanny demands on her time. Our meeting was a fortuitous crossing of paths arranged by an Atlantic Monthly staffer in Washington, D.C., who caught me in e-mail. After the 30-minute “Our Metro” interview and quick tour of Vegas, I dropped Davidson back off at Harrah’s, wondering what she would uncover over the next several hours. As her work reveals, she displayed remarkable story-seeking dexterity by dialing up a targeted Craigslist search and finding the right story: a young man she dubbed “Jimmy,” who has been delving into the quick-buck world of erotic massage for males. But finding …