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allows for reasonable avenues of communication," Rehnquist wrote for the Court. !d. at <br /> 50, 106 S.Ct. at 930. <br /> 1 <br /> The Supreme Court found that Renton's "interest in preserving the quality of urban <br /> life" is a "vital" governmental interest. The substantiality of that interest was in no way <br /> diminished by the fact that Renton "relied heavily" on studies of the secondary effects <br /> of adult entertainment establishments by Seattle and the experiences of other cities, <br /> Rehnquist added. Id. at 51, 106 S.Ct. at 930-31. <br /> The First Amendment does not require a city, before enacting such an <br /> ordinance, to conduct new studies or produce evidence independent of that <br /> already generated by other cities, so long as whatever evidence the city relies <br /> upon is reasonably believed to be relevant to the problem that the city <br /> addresses. That was the case here. Nor is our holding affected by the fact <br /> • <br /> that Seattle ultimately chose a different method of adult theater zoning than <br /> that chosen by Renton, since Seattle's choice of a different remedy to • <br /> combat the secondary effects of adult theaters does not call into question <br /> either Seattle's identification of those secondary effects or the relevance of <br /> Seattle's experience to Renton. <br /> Id. at 51-52, 106 S.Ct. at 931: -� � � _ <br /> S <br /> • <br /> Rehnquist's inquiry then addressed the means chosen to further Renton's <br /> substantial interest and inquired into whether the Renton ordinance was sufficiently <br /> "narrowly tailored." <br /> His comments on Renton's means to further its substantial interest suggest that <br /> municipalities have a wide latitude in enacting content-neutral ordinances aimed at the <br /> secondary effects of adult-entertainment establishments. He quoted the Young <br /> plurality for the proposition that: <br /> It is not our function to appraise the wisdom of [the city's] decision to require <br /> adult theaters to be separated rather than concentrated in the same <br /> areas. . . . [T]he city must be allowed a reasonable opportunity to <br /> experiment with solutions to admittedly serious problems. <br /> Id. at 52, 106 S.Ct. at 931 (quoting Young, supra, 427 U.S. at 71, 96 S.Ct. at 2453). <br /> i <br /> 1 -34- <br />