I largely agree with your current assessment of the Bay Area.
At one time this was a great place for a techie to work and even to play. The kgirls here were wonderful. Great service. Reasonable prices. And, for quite some time, the selection was excellent.
And, compared to many regions in the U.S., the Bay Area is still a much better place than most to be a kgirl monger.
From what I am seeing, Silicon Valley is no longer such a great place to work or to play. The prices have gone up while the selection of jobs and kgirls has gone very significantly down. Even the quality of kgirl service has slipped a good bit from what it used to be. Just for one easily observable example, look at the offerings of PSE now. It almost 100% of the time only means bare services. No longer does it mean a girl has porn star skills. Much less be willing to showcase them during your visit. Though exceptions do exist.
That is all relative to what it used to be though. It’s still cool to work here. Even though it is not the technical Mecca it once was. And there are still quite a few reasonably good kgirl choices here. But the very top tier is nowhere to be seen in the mongering marketplace, as well as in job choices, in the Bay Area. Maybe that is the impact of covid a bit. But the decline in kgirl selection and service started pre-Covid. Come to think of it, so did the reduction in availability of higher tier jobs. Like the girls, many of the great jobs have moved elsewhere in the country.
The only thing that has increased (I hesitate to say the word “improved”), other than prices, is the availability of BBFS. I know that is great for some. Not so great for many others. But we’ll just have to watch how the market pendulum swings on that issue.
Still, this is all my opinion. I am sure there are others who have a different take on the work and play scene in the Bay Area.