You can't compare the two, it is like me asking you which is the best car, a Mercedes or a Trabant.
In my opinion what fucks up Golden Sands is the fact that the prostitutes are controlled by pimps which means that there is no doing deals, no negotiating, 150 Lv is the "going rate", take it or leave it.
I took a gamble and came unstuck, no big deal really, I had a nice lazy week and plenty of booze.