I respect Jack's likes and views: to each his own. I am happy for him to have found heaven its varioous guises in BA. I wish him well.
But, I will admit to finding the current thread here and elsewhere in this forum on this subject a little (well, actually more than that) depressing.
I live on the west coast of N. A. in one of those liberal "blue cities." We've gots lots of P4P, and a goodly perceneforum.xxxe are fancy hand jobs for hire. These ladies seem to have a wellspring of marketing gimmicks (exotic, tantric, stress-relief, feathers, flora of all sorts (sometime fauna, too) consulting, ego-buildinh, weird provider names, breathing exercises, bath ceremonies, etc. Etc. It brings to mind what I have deplored for years about N. A. Women. In the end, as far as I am concerned, its a HJ, however you tug it. Or she tugs it.
Do I buy in? Sure, it's sometimes the best available - and since a decent FS in my burg costs ca. US$300 for a decent time, it's affordable variety. This is, after all, N. A. - not AR.
But I also head south to AR (and yes, BR) wth some regularity. To be specific, I don't go to AR to find master hand artists. I KNOW ABOUT THAT! My dick and my hand are old acquantances. Been doing each other for years!
I go to BA (and Rio) for the lovely pulchritdue, the talents the chicas / garotas have, the techniques they employ, the reasonable prices (after negotitation) they ask, and the absolutely, unmitigated, bottomless supply. Uh, well. Let's say the "endless" supply of chicas.
But not for HJs. If that's what rings your bell, bless you. But I 'gotta tell 'ya: if a bird's hand is worth two in the bush, I'll take the bush.