A fine line separates a bar from a dance hall. Well, that and city zoning restrictions.
Still, both attract rather sizable crowds, both serve alcohol to lusty and lusting patrons, and both contribute to the general entertainment, or debauchery, depending on whom you ask.
But bars and pubs are seen as relatively benign establishments while dance halls are viewed as dens of iniquity, particularly by certain religious groups with the words "Southern" and "Baptist" associated with their name, but who's naming names?
Hey, I grew up in that den of iquity, so I can say that.