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A recent article in the New York Times credits Toronto's colossal gay pride festivities with revitalizing that burg's once puritanical reputation. And key to the tremendous increase in the homo holiday crowds, says the Times, was a court decision allowing women to go topless (as long as it's not for money). Now, "bare breasts and buttocks seem to be no more unusual than pretzels and balloons." As a consequence, article author Anthony DePalm claims, Toronto has become one of the most cosmopolitan cities on the continent, shedding its previous image as a stodgy, tightassed town more on par with Boston then Amsterdam.

If tits and ass work so well at civic revitalization, Dawn predicts it only a short time before some economically hard-pressed municipality crosses the final rubicon and allows men to show their cocks in public. So mesmerizing are penises that any jurisdiction that promoted rather than prosecuted their display would instantly be catapulted into a premier tourist destination (not to mention the benefit in quality of life to residents). Detroit, are you ready?