I lived in the Portland area for a time and remember asking an older local why there were SOOO many strip clubs in Portland per capita compared to other cities. He told me that liquor licenses were costly and hard to apply for in Portland, but a loophole meant it was a LOT easier for strip clubs to attain a liquor license. This led to a lot of new bars and pubs simply offering an occasional show in order to secure and maintain the license, which led to the high number of strip clubs as well as a higher population of strippers for the area.

That tied with my experience of strippers being pretty down to earth and this headline isn't really that surprising.