@KNOWITALL You’re talking about “lot lizards.” Prostitutes who migrate, and live with interstate trucking. Kind of like Indians who follow Buffalo heards.
Yes. Prostitutes can still be found in many public places.
As @gorillapaws said, the ones on the streets are typically at “rock” bottom. They use/sell hard drugs, and sadly live a very unpredictable, and often violent life.
I will say, and this is opinion, that ALL prostitutes are likely involved in some type of drug.
That sounds pretty fucked up, I know.
However. Drugs permeate practically every profession.
As always though, the impoverished are the ones who actually suffer the worst.
Once they fall to the street level, it’s typically a slippery, downward slope. They end up in and out of drug treatment, various correctional facilities, and are probably victims more often than intentional career criminals. They are usually homeless, and of course, they often have children who also have shitty lives.
I guess I’m just really sad, for these people. The “system,” is no help.