But wait, there's more...
Take Guatemala City. Which I started researching... well because I have more time than money. Dangerous as all hell, gang run (MS13 & Barrio 18) and the general population lives on what amounts to a few dollars a day, if that. You'd think you could get laid for about the cost of a six pack. Yes, you sure can. Here's what that looks like:
http://alexandremeneghini.com/portfolio ... a-linea-5/https://youtu.be/-z9c1x-WH0cYou'll likely catch clap but never know, because the next thing you'll catch is probably a bullet.
Anything in Guate I found that appeared to be of reasonable level of quality + safe would run $80 - $100 retail. Mostly outcall but a couple casas. And I had to really dig in spanish only sources to find those.
Took me a bit to figure why, and then the obvious hit me. Low supply. Chicas are taking on a lot more danger than say a Sosua or SJ worker. Who's more at mortal risk, a chica sitting in the Del Rey or a Guatemalan traversing the city to get to a "nicer" hotel? Hazard pay applies. Plus economics are such that anyone requesting service must be of some means, and therefore workers demand a premimum even if it equates to lower volume. If you ever took a Marketing course you'd hear this practice defined as "price skimming".
I found similar in my homework on San Salvador. Even Nicaragua has higher retail prices than I would have predicted. Honduras has almost no monger scene and is more dangerous than smoking in a gunpowder factory. Belize fails to impress for somewhat different reasons.
I looked into all these because I can get there quick and cheap. In the end, cheap is not always a good deal.
San Jose is kind of in the butter zone of safe + quality + convenience.
To be clear I've only been to Sosua and San Jose. Minimal mongering in the US and some ages ago in Canada. So my notes on the other places are not from direct experience.
So to the OP, try a bit of research. I'm not saying that to chide you. I find it interesting and learn quite a bit along the way.
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