These guys are unbelievably quick. Sure, keep your eyes open and your money out of sight, but the red light district is not as dangerous as you might think. During the day, the red light district seems more like a neighborhood. People live there. People work there.
People pass through there on the way to someplace else.
But the ladies in the windows are there too. And after dark, when the red lights shine brighter, the place is much more exciting. In 1996, the first coffee shop license was given out. Finally, coffee shops were legal and not just tolerated as they had been in the past. Respectable coffee shop owners cheered this approach and welcomed the stability and security of being legitimate, even if it means paying more taxes.