The strip clubs don't compete, not here in NYC. Of course they do. A given girl can only be at one club at any given time - how does she pick which one she's

The strip clubs don't compete, not here in NYC. Of course they do. A given girl can only be at one club at any given time - how does she pick which one she's going to be at? She takes into consideration how much money she can make, how well the club treats her, what kind of crowd the club draws, whatever. If you're a club owner, you want the best girls to want to be at your club, and not at the club down the street. That's competition. You have to audition. They pick you. The flip side being that some girls won't get picked, and will have to move on until they find a club that will take them. I'm not criticizing strippers or trying to imply that there's something shameful in stripping. I'm simply pointing out that not all strippers make 6 figures in top-tier clubs in major cities, and that you can't assume that the experiences of the ones who do are the same as those of the vast majority who don't.