A sex shop may be coming to Lakeshore Avenue but it doesn’t seem to be creating as much opposition as a plan to bring in a Wingstop restaurant around the corner.

Nenna Joiner was born and raised underneath the bright lights of Las Vegas, Nevada.

She refers to the famous strip as “downtown” naturally. Growing up under the luminous, sultry marquee that Vegas forms over the desert left a mark on the 35-year-old Oakland resident.

“Vegas is sex,” she said. “But I didn’t see anyone that looks like me growing up.”