Boston's Weekly Dig Challenge to NYC Alt. Weeklies: Come Clean

It’s unclear just how much of alt-weeklies’ revenue comes from the hooker ads usually filling up the back pages, but it remains a kind of fascinating display each week. If prostitution is illegal, how can “escorts” and “massage parlours” and other “erotic services” so brazenly advertise? In NYC, even upscale New York magazine and the Observer carry what are, in essence, sex-for-money ads.