I've met 7 new providers this year and have seen 3 old friends. Thats not saying i've only seen providers 10 times this year - read it any way you want - just saying lol
In 2012 I met 3 new providers and 1 favorite. That's only 1/3 of the times I hobbied back in 2011. I can't complain though. Every lady I met this year was awesome. Plus, 1 of them was a Porn Star.
In looking back I've been remarkably consistent. I met 10 new friends in 2012 and 8 in 2011. I've likely hobbied 15 to 20 times each year. I generally meet with travel ladies as the pickings are slim in my area, although there are some I've not met and some I need to see again but have not yet found the right timing.
Buffalo- just as bad as ever, with no prospect of improvement.
Rochester - as the old reliables fall by the wayside they are replaced by strippers, fly by night backpagers, and pretenders.
Canada - the secondary education system continues to pump out unemployable single mothers who inevitably discover that their worthless boyfriends will not be providing child support and that iphones and tattoos cost money and thus they provide a seemingly endless supply of fresh meat to the market at discount prices.
I know this doesn't address the OP's question; I hobby as much as I ever did or more and it costs a lot less than it did just a couple years ago.
It looks like I have seen 20 FS providers this year. 14 of them were new to me to include 5 who were new to providing itself. I also saw 3 RnT attendants, two non-fs takeouts from the TH, and had one non-fs playtime with another TH alum at a private party. Like most years, there were some truly amazing times, and some less so. All in all, it was a decent year.