With the recent form of the hobby, I'm at a complete loss to even understand how to engage to find partners that I'd be able to meet.
I don't miss the ISO stuff, but being able to just connect to understand which part of town people are in before having to engage. Maybe I'm just in a bad part of town for the hobby.
While I don't live in HTown I am there regularly for business, and I woukd concur with your assessment of the hobby with one exception.
The Asian still offer a great experience for the bang. In San Jose $320 gets me an hour with a super hot Asian.
My suggestion is to look beyond HTown. I used to love the Latin agencies, and walking into the apartment with three hot ladies was amazing. But, last time i tried even that has changed get for the worse.
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