Thanks For All The Responses...
And my profuse apologies about the "scummy" reference...as with any city - especially one with an industrial past, and, for that matter, present - there are some pretty freakin' run down neighborhoods...I am not editorializing, merely stating fact...and then, there are of course some very nice, standard, well-maintained 'hoods (down by the water, east of downtown)...re. the parlours, not sure what the think...some fairly tepid recommendations, it seems...looks can indeed be deceiving because, as noted, everything seems so out in the open...I would have thought they had the whole massage experience down to a fine art here on that basis alone...I will scan through previous threads for an indication as to specific locales, price ranges etc.
Regards,
Baron