Do many escorts you see live in the center of town? Do you as an escort live downtown

[JoeyBryant]

In considering a new place to relocate to, this time I want to try and stay someplace that is near the main part of town. Seems like its about half and half of my incalls that I get people expecting me to be located right in the center of town. At the moment I'm only about 10-15 miles from downtown depending on where one is at with a convenient freeway that comes straight out of downtown and 1 mile from my place. But yet I still get people saying I'm too far sometimes.

 

I'd like to live closer to town, but in most cities downtown is usually more expensive lofts or older shared homes or on the lower end of the budget, older sometimes shabby apartments sacrificing amenities for convenience. Not to mention the 'shadiness' of living in the middle of it all as well, parking issues, drugs (the gay neighborhood in my area consists of all of that) I don't know many areas that have decent apartment complexes downtown as these are generally built in the 'greater' metro area of town.

 

What would be a decent mileage range to live away from town? 10 miles, 20 miles? Do you think it would affect business either way or would location be a factor regardless of where you lived? I know most people suggest when visiting someplace to stay downtown...but if you lived there, I assume you don't have to live downtown. At the same time I get tired of people saying I'm too far. I don't think 10 miles west on a freeway is that far. Some people expect you to be right around the corner from the nearest gay bar.

 

I find cities that don't have named gay-neighborhoods usually don't require you to be downtown, e.g. Minneapolis, Tampa, Phoenix, Kansas City...but they also tend to sprawl for infinity.

[Xander]

I used to live in Midtown (gayborhood of Atlanta) but now I live more downtown. I've had a few clients contact me from seeing me out and about .. I've also had quite a few older guys give me very long stares in public. Its unwanted attention ... but take it with a grain of salt because every city is different

[+ Gar1eth]

I used to live in Midtown (gayborhood of Atlanta) but now I live more downtown. I've had a few clients contact me from seeing me out and about .. I've also had quite a few older guys give me very long stares in public. Its unwanted attention ... but take it with a grain of salt because every city is different

 

Why are they giving you stares? You look perfectly normal to me.

 

Gman

[Xander]

Why are they giving you stares? You look perfectly normal to me.

 

Gman

 

Because they'd like this normal ass in their bed! ;D

[Guy Fawkes]

Naw.... They're dreaming about what you can do with your mouth....

Because they'd like this normal ass in their bed! ;D

[+ Travis69]

If a client has to spend 20 minutes each way to get to you for a midday appointment away from the office, that is a problem. If a client has to spend $25.00 in cab fare each way to get to you, that is a problem. Convenience is the key in many things.

[bigvalboy]

If a client has to spend 20 minutes each way to get to you for a midday appointment away from the office, that is a problem. If a client has to spend $25.00 in cab fare each way to get to you, that is a problem. Convenience is the key in many things.

 

Exactly right. If I see that an escort is too far away, more than say 30min, I pass, and likewise I won't drive more than 15-20min to see an escort or a masseur. Flying to see someone is different. Now Joey is correct, many cities really sprawl outward, so being downtown in say a city like LA is a mute point. There people just expect you to travel.

 

Being new to FTL, I have already set my boundaries. I would never drive the 30 min up to Pompano or 45 min down to Miami. If the escort wants to make the trip, that's his prerogative, but I ain't goin.

[JoeyBryant]

If a client has to spend 20 minutes each way to get to you for a midday appointment away from the office, that is a problem. If a client has to spend $25.00 in cab fare each way to get to you, that is a problem. Convenience is the key in many things.

 

Sounds like you may be from New York. 20 minutes is about normal driving time getting anywhere around pretty much any town I've been in. The airport is on 1 side of town, downtown is in the middle, many cities have a secondary business area with lots of hotels that's not near the airport or downtown.

 

But outside of NYC, we won't find many clients cabbing to get to an appointment.

 

Being new to FTL, I have already set my boundaries. I would never drive the 30 min up to Pompano or 45 min down to Miami. If the escort wants to make the trip, that's his prerogative, but I ain't goin.

 

What if the guy was in Hollywood or Davie?

[rickp]

Joey- I've had exactly the same problem; living in Park Slope (about 5 miles south of Midtown Manhattan) but no one is willing to make the trip. While I do have a fair number of local Brooklyn guys who come to see me at my home, for the most part I sublet a friends apartment in Manhattan on an hourly basis for incalls.

[+ Travis69]

But outside of NYC, we won't find many clients cabbing to get to an appointment.

 

 

 

 

Many clients are from out of town and do not have a car. Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Seattle, Portland. Think in those cities they would probably jump in a cab. I do when I am in any of those places. No, I do not live in NYC.

[Epigonos]

As a clients living in an eastern Los Angeles suburb I expect to drive as much as an hour each way to get together with an escort. Most L.A. and visiting escorts live or stay in the West Hollywood area and that is completely across town from me. In a couple of weeks I plan to get together with a New York escort who will be staying in Palm Springs which is about an hour and a half from my place. The truth is those of us who live in Southern California think nothing of driving an hour one way for just about any reason.

[bigvalboy]

What if the guy was in Hollywood or Davie?

 

I guess the simply answer is no. I would not go that far. In all fairness however, I am actually 10 min north of the heart of Fort Lauderdale in Oakland Park, so to go down to Hollywood or out past I-95 to Davie would be a deal breaker. If an escort wanted to come to me, well that is their choice, but the reality is that I would never ask an escort to come to me if he is out of Miami, unless he felt it was absolutely no problem.

 

In LA it would often take me 45 min to go 10 miles, and I did it without a complaint, because that was just how LA was. Here as in LA, it is the distance that I refuse to go...hope that makes sense.

[+ Travis69]

Joey - You might also lose clients if you move downtown. Some don't want to hassle with downtown parking so they prefer to go to someone in a less congested area. I know a masseur who moved 2 miles from where he was living downtown. He lost some business from the downtown crowd and gained some business from the suburban crowd.

[JoeyBryant]

I guess the simply answer is no. I would not go that far. In all fairness however, I am actually 10 min north of the heart of Fort Lauderdale in Oakland Park, so to go down to Hollywood or out past I-95 to Davie would be a deal breaker.

 

Well, I don't blame you. That's one of the perks (for you) and drawbacks (for us) of being in a saturated market. I can imagine most of the guys are in and around Wilton Manors/Oakland park although there are many in Hollywood as well. At the same time, I've had instances where someone came to Miami from Ft Lauderdale and times I drove up to Ft Lauderdale to see people, but that occasionally.

 

If there was only 5 escorts listed online and the only 1 you wanted lived clear out in South Beach, I'm sure you'd find someway to make the drive over Here in the West, I've known people to drive as much as 500 miles to visit me lol. Of course that's not the point.

 

Many clients are from out of town and do not have a car. Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Seattle, Portland. Think in those cities they would probably jump in a cab. I do when I am in any of those places. No, I do not live in NYC.

 

In those cases they usually request an outcall to their hotel. Oddly enough, when I was in San Francisco, even though I was centralized I received no incalls during the time I was there and everything was outcalls. That's when I wrote the story "are hotels becoming obsolete" on my blog. Of course they are not, but sometimes outcalls are all one gets when visiting a new area. Unless one just absolutely can't travel (which is why I don't like flight travel as I'm limited on doing outcalls).

 

That said, it bares considering...and hopefully I'll be convenient regardless of location.

[Michael Wayne]

when I live in the French Quarter it was Heaven- perfect. Especially cause I had off street parking at my condo for the clients. My place was in easy walking distance for 60 great hotels where 80% of the clients stayed. I did not realize how good I had it....... http://www.rentmen.com/mikeysatop

[bigvalboy]

when I live in the French Quarter it was Heaven- perfect. Especially cause I had off street parking at my condo for the clients. My place was in easy walking distance for 60 great hotels where 80% of the clients stayed. I did not realize how good I had it....... http://www.rentmen.com/mikeysatop

 

You lived in the Quarter with off-street parking? Mikey that is killer. Great location and perfect for business. I'm curious, do you think NOLA will ever be the same again? Or do you think that Katrina permanently changed the city?