Is kings Cross officially retired?

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Kings Cross has for a long time been the wildest place to party in Australia. Fuelled with anything you could ask for, dangerous place too. It was always the busiest place and party didnt stop until early hours of the next morning. Plenty of private partys after 6am when doors shut, open bars and crazy crazy times. Could never get a park, lines at every bar, buzzing street vibe. Hookers in every alley, crazy people every way you look. Awesome times

But then came the lockout laws 1.30am you cannot enter a licensed premises, 3am last drinks.. this basically just ended the party.. overnight

42 nightclubs and bars have now shut their doors, late night food outlets shut, every second door has a for lease sign on it. Noone goes there anymore, for the remaining establishments lucky if you can get a few dozen people in there. Tumbleweeds may as well blow through there of a night... its eery quiet.. you can park right on the main strip, even the police dont bother attending anymore.

Sure the violence has stopped but its because the people have all gone, dispursed, partygoers retired. Doesnt a city like sydney need a red light district? A wild side?

Kings Cross is retired, do we agree this action was excessive or appropriate?