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NWA or Northwest Arkansas major towns of Bentonville and Fayetteville (Springdale doesn’t offer the same) offer wonderful sports (University of Arkansas Razorbacks), many touring arts at The Walton Arts Center and many great live music bar venues..  The highlight of the arts is Crystal Bridges which is one of the finest art museums in the country and always free thanks to Alice Walton.  Fayetteville is a university town so it stays progressive with fun shops, lively bars, restaurants and great walking/biking trails.  Eureka Springs is still about 40 minutes of winding roads away and offers a fun hippy vibe with small bars and a haunted hotel. If you’re considering relocating and want more people, you may want to look at living in Fayetteville and visiting Eureka. If you want a small town with a very cool vibe, Eureka is definitely that. I would recommend visiting in the spring or fall. 

Eureka Springs seems pretty remote.  I'm sure it's lovely for a 2-3 day visit but I would start to get fidgety after that.
The closest decent sized city is Tulsa which is more than a two hour drive from what I can tell...and Tulsa doesn't even qualify as a big city IMO.  So big city life is pretty far away if you're yearning for culture/sports/etc.

Anyone have luck with milder stuff in those areas? Like muscle worship plus. I know those areas prob have best looking guys but super conservative. Anyone score a cowboy type or serviceman type? Sometimes those naive unjaded types are the best!!!!

I'm resurrecting this in hopes of getting tips on masculine white or Latino escorts in Wichita, Kansas City, or Oklahoma City. Thanks.

Any info 
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Been away, but by decided to stop back by and check on my fellow fellows…
But something been on my mind, and that’s me wondering if RentMen can increase its presence. I feel it is popular in the big megapolis cities, but I’ve been going on some trips lately where I’m just not getting hardly any meets from RM. 
 
The nearest main cities to me are Kansas City, Tulsa, Wichita and St. Louis. There’s also Bentonville in Arkansas (headquarters of Walmart). I can go on hookup apps (which shall remain nameless lol) and be hit by messages left and right with people wanting to meet (often moreso pretending). Meanwhile, I can be “available now” and platinum boosted and still get nothing from RentMen for days.
Granted, I’ve moved to taking my number down publicly and used the signed in member option only for displaying number. And right now I’ve frozen my ad for a few days until I’m ready to go on my travels simply because too many days have gone by in my local area without a booking from it, and in case anyone doesn’t know: Gold ad is not free, so the more it sits the more time is running out.
I wish RM had the popularity of Craigslist back in the day, where it could work in just about any big or small town. However I’ve used it this year in Dallas, Houston, Denver, Nashville, Detroit, and a few other areas. I’m still getting bookings from it, but I have talked to guys in person, and many of them have no idea what RentMen is. Some cities have no ads running. Or like 1 or 2 guys.
I can understand it may be hard to encourage guys to pay in a society that promotes getting sex as free and/or cheap as possible. Hookup app men are NOTORIOUSLY cheap and I’m getting to where I don’t even want to hookup outside of clients anymore, as the willingness to do even basic spending from hookup app men seems to be at an all time low. But sometimes I concern RM may lose popularity so much and then not be as lucrative of a site. 
 

Just a remark in response to an above post - if a South American escort doesn't speak English (EDIT and lives in the States full time), he's most likely here illegally (or at least precariously) and comes from a lower-class, uneducated background.
English is the mark of a middle-class or higher education in Venezuela and similar countries. And when such escorts are constantly texting "friends" to get in out of their apartment, it means they're all crammed together.
I have found such Latino guys much more nice, obedient, grateful, and cheaper than their counterparts. As long as they listen to my Google Translate.

It always depends on the face card and physique of the provider. Whether it sounds negative or not. Unfortunately, there’s another untapped category to possibly determine the pricing of our providers, and that is how “talented” or skillful they are with the work they do. Yes, I do prefer a budget friendly provider that’s skillful with sensual and erotic part of the session than the face and body card because I cannot just drop a thousand or 500 bucks for an hour or so, I am not that rich yet lol! But I’ve also experienced several hot and gorgeous men who never delivered the satisfaction that I wanted. I, for one, am into the skills than the pretty face. But there are providers that can be an all in one package, very rare, but there is. 

I travel a lot but definitely have not witnessed a drop in prices in any market, small or large.    Just came from NYC where every new provider who is hot is quoting $500/hour (often asking for a deposit or UBER to be pre-paid).   

I had the same experience. A couple of providers who were quoting in the $400–450 range in LA are now coming back at $350 when I text them. It might be seasonal, but it’s true that prices had crept into the $400–500 range and things seem to have softened a bit.
And of course, you always have the amazing Thermas bathhouse in Barcelona: €50 and you’re set, which is pretty hard to beat.
 

I didn’t get this when I was 25, but now I’m 38 I can say so. It tends to make me 🤨 when someone thinks guys are too old to escort after 35. And I even see many guys posting their age as under 30, for years. 
Though I don’t necessarily seek out trying to hookup round the clock, it’s less to do with libido and more to do with preserving my time and energy for paying clients or discerning men. But my desire and libido hasn’t gone south by any means. 

in 1998 I first went to the Gaiety. Dancers there charged 150 for privates at the time, but might take 100 if it was particularly slow. According to a CPI calculator, 150 back then is 300 today.

I have to chime in because this 100% my situation. I think men in the mid-thirties to mid-forties are generally the most attractive AND those that are providers tend to be very good providers, given their long experience. My two regulars are both in their late 30s/early 40s 

But on this specific topic, I haven't noticed any reduction in rates for Palm Springs or Boston/Provincetown.  But these are resort areas and tend to have people who are on vacation and willing to splurge. 

Data shows that the middle class in Brazil is over half the population -- it's not small at all (though inequality warps distribution still).  (Using the Rio Times because it's in English, and most CoM members don't read/speak Portuguese. 
Of course, a middle class income in the US and in Brazil is quite different, but so is cost of living.  I bought a healthy cart of groceries at Pão de Açucar in São Paulo day for about $50, and could have bought much more at a more middle class grocery (or much less at Santa Luzia or St Marche).

Like the US, every day conversation is rife with anecdotes and personal experiences, but the Bolsa Familia and other programs have had significant success. Data show that better than a walkaround.
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In Brazil, people often describe themselves by the degree they obtained at university, even if they never practiced in the field.  "Lawyers" may have a law degree, but not be a member of the OAB.  I know several.  (And, of course, the sophistication of law schools varies considerably, with very fine schools at the federal universities, and less prestigious private schools offering a less rigorous education.)

I don't find it suspect, but do think the statement is being made from a Brazilian perspective, then heard from an American perspective -- and we don't always define our professional identities in the same way.

There certainly has not been a drop here in London.
The going rate here is currently £200 and has been for a long while now. I've noticed an uptick in the number of those charging more (£250), but it's still  only a small handful.  Anything above this is extremely rare (in fact, I have not actually come across any guys exceeding this, ever; they would be narrowing their clientele to such a small niche that they'd be pricing themselves out of the market). 
It's actually still not all that uncommon to see guys (and yes, they're still very hot and good at what they do, they're not 'lesser' in any way) charging within the £150 - 190 range. It's not widespread, but you still see it (typically among newer guys).
When you've known an escort for a long time and you've been a regular client of his for a long time, in my experience, he is often (if not usually) happy to charge you a lower rate than he advertises for new clients (the old business custom of rewarding loyalty!)

When I come across new guys entering the market, I often hear that a friend was making easy money and talked them into it.
What’s really happening if they’re flooding supply when - it seems to me - that demand is down.
I’m repeating myself - it’s simple economics

That I haven't seen, although that may be because Chicago is a sanctuary city.
My last hire was a Columbian seeking asylum (although from what he said, the chances he qualifies are nil). In November, I had a Venezuelan guy. None spoke English nor had stable residence.
I think this is a regional thing depending on how LE treats foreigners.

This has been a self-fulfilling prophecy over and over again. 
Many guys on here  brag about getting discounts. I wonder how realistic that is!
Maybe there's some adjustment but escorts I know only do it with regulars and compatible clients

Yes I totally agree with you, but basic economics is beyond the average undereducated hustler with bordering on average looks who comes to this country thinking he's going to make it rich, raking in big buck in the big city! As you said to paraphrase you, "offer premium service" AND if I may add, he must have premium looks and skills to match! For quite awhile now we've had a surplus of migrants and immigrants from third world countries and many of them are hot and hung! Competition is tough and they all came with the same dreams, fantasies, and high expectations. Many come from places that the rate on the street or club is the equivalent of $15 to $40 dollars at best, but they can live for less than $500 a month as many do. In the USA pay is higher but so is the cost of living. This is a rude awakening for them as we've read in the forum. Add to all that this bad economy that we've been going through for several years now! These are all factors those boys with big dreams aren't figuring in and many can't figure out. 😉

The market sets the price - it’s the demands of the buyer and the availability of alternatives that contribute to market equilibrium and not the needs/demands of the seller.  All the seller can offer is premium services to achieve premium pricing IF that market is deep enough (no pun intended)

This is the point I was trying to make. Maybe he’ll listen to a colleague. 
Ultimately, this was asking if clients noticed that prices has decreased or leveled off. No one should be telling a provider what to charge or a client what’s the right amount to be willing to pay. 
We should be able to discuss trends without it becoming personal or directed at specific people. 
And @Elite_XL is a great provider.  

Look, I know MUCH has already been said, but as someone who has hired since the '90s, I think escort rates have just VERY gradually risen to match inflation and cost of living. A short session with a hot stud from the Gaiety in NYC used to cost at least $200 back in those days, and that's 30 years ago! It's a buyers market, and the top tier guys charge to reflect that. I'm happy to pay more for someone outstanding, and just hire less than I'd probably like due to the cost.

Has the price of escorts in Brazil gone up or down recently?  I had a trip to Brazil planned in 2021 but it was cancelled due to the pandemic.  I would want to know typical escort prices if looking to stay there for any length of time.

From ChatGPT: "Brazil has a significant middle class which experienced substantial growth in the 2000s and early 2010s, becoming a majority by some measures, though this progress faced some setbacks due to economic crises. Most recent data indicates a rebound, showing around half of households are now considered middle class, driving major consumer markets despite ongoing challenges like inequality and the vulnerability to economic shifts."