tale of two cities.

[carlos marvado]

I don't know carlos, your theories seem a bit made-uppish. First it's "supply and demand", then it's that the demand doesn't really matter, only the supply. There are so many punters in Dublin that there are surely people there that would spend more for an hour.

You don't want to fall into the trap of making up theories about it after the fact, selecting the reasons that suit you and throwing off the ones that don't. I'm not sure also about "ratios should be borne out in similar type pricing structures between Dublin and Cork" if there are agencies in Dublin, they could be different types of agencies or maybe the pricing structures are similar in some ways.

They are'nt theories as such, just possible explanations for the difference between Cork and Dublin. Even if you take countries/cities which have much larger populations i.e. demand potential, such as major cities in the Netherlands and Germany, if you also have large numbers of escorts working there, then an increased level of competition tends to result in lower prices. In a recession, with spending power reducing, there is also a trend of looking for less expensive products and services, which will increase the downward pressure on prices the most in areas with the greatest competition i.e. Dublin in this case. Supply and Demand still applies, but there are quite a few factors which feed into the Supply and Demand equations. Ratios are simply too crude a means for making comparisons. In this case, the recession will impact to differing degrees in different parts of the country and between different business or industry sectors. Example: house prices in Dublin were on average the highest nationality which probably meant that mortgages were also on average the highest and that the whole issue of negative equity now affects Dublin to a much greater degree.
You also have to look at the ratio of women to men in certain age categories in both cities.....maybe it's easier to go out of an evening and get what you like for free in Dublin which has a bearing on the demand side.