The Macro trend could explain it
[QUOTE=DRRonin;1388108]Sure nice ones are still out there but it's a lot more work finding them. It used to take about a minute in the Nana or in Thermae or in the Grace Hotel to find a really attractive girl. I make the rounds many nights and see very little. Maybe I am jaded but then so must all of my friends be as they all feel the same way and have nearly all migrated to gogos to find good looking women.[/QUOTE]Interesting discussion.
As Skogis alluded to, with P4P, earning large money for little hours is preferable to low wages for long hours, so its not like most have opted for real jobs. Setting aside the price issue and looking at the (somewhat more identifiable) 5 year macro trend "less WG hotties", do you think this could relate to the continued ongoing financial ascendancy of the east over the west, specifically the increasing aggregate financial power of China, Korea, and Japan and to a lesser degree the other asian "tigers" including Thailand itself? Is is possible this is causing the higher end working girls, to work off market? or engage in more (exclusive) private arrangements? Or move into higher priced venues generally inaccessible to typical Farangs?
In financial terms at least, its hard to deny the sun is setting on the west and rising on the east, and the trend seems unstoppable, and beauty tends to follow financial power. In other words, Farangs, (except maybe the wealthy, charming, or good looking) are perhaps slowly but inextricably starting to basically be dealt out of the deck in regard to the upscale talent. Your comments on Thermae reflect that, a lot of pretty ones just aren't bothering anymore.
Leave BKK for Pattaya or Angeles city
[QUOTE=DRRonin;1388076]Pattaya for sure. Its 2 hours away by taxi or bus. Has fresh air. Has Russian tourist girls to gawk at. Has a beach (sort of). And has a lot of girls everywhere. AC. Never been but it is a huge hassle getting there as opposed to Pattaya and from all I have heard it is a sh*hole in every respect other than the girls. Pattaya is actually getting more respectable by the day which may be a good or bad thing depending on your point of view. I'd say go to Pattaya early in your trip because a lot of guys (not me) end up much prefering it's slower pace and clean air to Bangkok. And you may just decide to stay there.[/QUOTE]Thank you for the comment. The fact that Pattaya is only 2 hours away from BKK makes it attractive to visit. Clean air is also a good thing, although I'm planning to make excursions outside BKK for sightseeing anyway. Yet, if Pattaya is the same game in terms of P4P experience as BKK. Then why bother? What Pattaya has that BKK doesn't (aside from clean air)? Same question is for Angeles City. Again, I would venture out of BKK to AC or Pattaya for a) variety and be) quality of mongering experience. However, if it is almost the same scene as BKK. Then why to get distracted?
Thanks in advance for comments! A