Thank you for an informed reply, PSW1995.
The writer of The Brothel, before researching the Mustang Ranch, had been a volunteer in an outreach clinic/service on Time Square in NYC that was giving help to the teenage, runaway, street prostitute.
The book ended with her approval of the houses because the working girls were so much better off than the street girls she worked with in NYC, Even as a feminist who disapproved of prostitution, she could clearly see the harm reduction that comes with legalization and regulation.
I understand your resentment of the rent, the fees and the sharing of your earnings with the houses. I think your situation as a savvy, independent professional is hardly comparable to some helpless pimped out street girl. I think the Nevada model, with all its downsides, still offers a way to ply the trade with the most safety to the working girl, the client and to society at large.