So I leave town for a few days and things seem different on my return. I hobby up in Baltimore and routinely check in on the BackPage escort listing even though I rarely take the plunge. Is it just me or did it just explode with what appear to be a wave of new provider ads? Just checking the featured ads on the right, there seem to be several more honest-looking ads than I'm used to. There are several that look like they are worth at least a phone call to investigate. Does this have to do with the demise of CL? What I don't understand is that CL was the flakiest of the provider listings. These new listings on BP look pretty legit – five or six new attractive ladies.

Has anyone else noticed the change? Is a similar thing going on down in DC?

(This does make me wish we had a discussion board in DC that catered more to that end of the market. In Seattle they got a board called TRB. It is pretty sleazy, but it does keep the CL and BP girls on the up because they get flamed if they are a no show or don't provide as promised. It seems to have produced n a much larger indie, low-end scene than we seem to have here. TER doesn't really provide coverage of that end of the scene.)