I would dare say the OP and my background and upbringing are total opposits of each other.  Yet, our paths to TER are similar. Amazin.  My path is as follows with my experience in CAPS

I started off in AMP in a small town in PA.  I still feel at home when I visit the town. Although I still hate the Eagles and the Phillies and give no two shits about Steelers...I love the small town culture that the people over there embraced.  

I know most people don't go to the mountain top and claim such escapades.

I started about 10 years ago. I had been to a couple strip clubs but that was way back when I was a grad student. Look but no touch was too much a tease for me. AMPs are too big a target for LE so I always go to indie masseuses for HJ/BJ/FS. As a matter of fact, I found a couple FS masseuses before they moved up to TER: Shelly and Bad Becka and I wrote their first reviews. Never saw any BP girls but I did see a few CL girls before their erotic section got shut down. I started lurking on TER in 2006 and wrote my first review of MindeeDD in 2007.


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Shows how much I know...if they do still exist they must be of horrible quality.

More like a regression.

and yes the quality of service was horrible, but not that far removed from your stero typical BP provider.

Porn. VCR and tape rentals.
Porn on usenet. (does anyone else even remember that?)
Web porn.
AMPS in NOVA, with the well-known "NOVA standard" finish.
Found one NOVA AMP and one masseuse who became the regular FS.
K-girl agency.
TER and P411, which is all I use now.

Watching you walk the residential streets of Reston, McLean or Bethesda/Chevy Chase would be hilarious!

Lol I was at a bus stop waiting for my bus around Potomac and 2 cars stopped and offered me a ride. Didn't get in, but one gave me his business card...

Required a lot of research on my part...

Started legally in Germany and now I'm here in the USA!  

... in Martinsburg, WV.  Two problems though.  
Every night is amateur night.  
You likely have more teeth than the nearest three competitors put together.

Started with Playboy, first experience was a window girl in Amsterdam followed by a ranch in Nevada, I think Bunny Ranch, and then the Mustang Ranch.  So, I guess I started 'hardcore' right off  the bat.

Handjob

After months of chickening out, I made an appointment with a lady in DC. I arrived 15-20 minutes early and parked just down the street from the scene of the crime. Heart was pounding.

Pretty much my path, except I never went to AMPs...I was seeing a masseuse, who just turned to FS after like, my tenth visit- I never even thought about seeing an escort up until then

but it was a VERY long time ago.  I know that I am dating (giving up my age) myself.  When I started the hobby there was no activity on the internet.  The ladies would come out as early as 7:00PM in DC between Virginia avenue and 14 street.  The crowds were so thick that It could take 20 min to drive around the block.  It was like going to a candy store.  With all of the beauty on the street it was impossible not to partake in the hobby.

I was monogamous for like 13 yrs, and then the sex just disappeared smh- hobbying is a necessity, because full on outside relationships can be messy...I'm actually avoiding getting up with civvies who are clearly interested (I actually know them, so no "Catfishing" lol) in taking that leap with me...Facebook is to civvies what TER us to hobbyists lol

All I ever got there is a damn plate of chicken wings -- on the bright side tho, their wings are really good.

I used to work near Thomas Circle on Vermont Ave back in the 80's and the hookers were out in force after dark.  If used to park around Thomas Circle and after work (around 6ish) the girls were hanging there all day and night.  One time I was walking and reading something when I walked by a young thing who said to me "I can give you something more enjoyable than what you are reading"  I laughed and continued on my way - the old days!

Been hobbying for 17 years.... my progression started as follows:


start
Street walkers on 14th street
AMP's
Washington City Paper
Craigslist
Eros
TER
Still going strong