sex workers reside in the brothels, cribs, or other rented rooms. Some workers live with their boyfriends or husbands in these rooms. Furthermore, several bar owners or managers live there. Employment patterns Employment in prostitution is more transitional and seasonal than other occupations within Boy's Town. For example, most of the waiters, bartenders, and shopkeepers retain their jobs for years, if not decades. These individuals also have fairly set schedules, and their employment reflects little seasonality. In contrast, most prostitutes work in Boy's Town for no more than two or three years, usually in times of severe economic need. Approximately 30% stay between 5 and 8 years, and only 5% may stay for as many as ten years. Prostitutes tend to work during specific periods and to travel frequently between their home states in Mexico and Nuevo Laredo. Many work only on weekends and commute via bus to homes in interior Mexico. Some work for several weeks each month, while others come for several months each year. Generally, prostitutes from Monterrey adopt the weekly schedule, whereas those from farther south employ longer-interval patterns. Most prostitutes arrive as a result of chain migration, following the migration of family members (e. g., sisters or cousins) or acquaintances who already work in Boy's Town. According to one local municipal health official, approximately 800 prostitutes work in Boy's Town (albeit not at the same time). Significance Boy's Town was referenced during the 1990 Texas gubernatorial race when Republican candidate Clayton Williams admitted that he had made visits for "servicing." Scholarly analysis of Boy's Town has been limited to a sociological study in the 1970s (Stevenson 1975) and several geographical surveys in the early 1990s (Arreola and Curtis 1993, Curtis and Arreola 1991a, Curtis and Arreola 1991b). See also Prostitution in Mexico References Boystown : la zona de tolerancia / with essays by Cristina Pacheco, Dave Hickey, and Keith Carter; afterword by Bill Wittliff. New York : Aperture, in association with the Wittliff Gallery of Southwestern & Mexican Photography, c2000. 108 p. : chiefly ill.; 27 x 30 cm. Arreola, Daniel D., and Curtis, James R., The Mexican Border Cities: Landscape Anatomy and Place Personality (1993). Tucson: University of Arizona Press. Stevenson, Robert J., La Zona in Transition: Bordertown Prostitution in Frontier City, Mexico (1975). Unpublished M.A. thesis, State University of New York at Stony Brook. This project has been expanded and was published as