As soon as those 'normal' people were living there they started to complain about all the noise and the shady figures that were hanging around.
So it's like when Americans create a new suburb in the country, then get pissed off about the rooster crowing at 5am on their day off.
(Insert some joke here about cocks that somehow applies to both farms and red light districts.)
Edit: To be fair, some of the concerns outlined in the article seem completely fair and reasonable. The article indicates things have actually changed in ways that degrade the area and are worrisome.
To be fair, people might not know about the roosters when they move in. Maybe it's more like people buying a house next to an airport that's been there for 50 years, and then complaining about all the airplane noise.
I can well imagine there are people who moved to the red light district for cheap housing and a love of historic architecture who are genuinely surprised to find that there's so much sex, drugs and obnoxious tourist activity.
People tend to not really know what a neighborhood is really like until they've lived there for a bit. It's common for things to be different during the day versus nighttime or weekdays versus weekends and a lot of places change dramatically seasonally or have some very big annual event that impacts the entire area for days or weeks.
So it's like when Americans create a new suburb in the country, then get pissed off about the rooster crowing at 5am on their day off.
(Insert some joke here about cocks that somehow applies to both farms and red light districts.)
Edit: To be fair, some of the concerns outlined in the article seem completely fair and reasonable. The article indicates things have actually changed in ways that degrade the area and are worrisome.