The intelligent ones, seem to leave and soon become independents.
There seems to be a natural progression in the NE. Girls seemingly all start at agencies (with one or two exceptions), then either vanish altogether, stick with agencies their whole career, or go independent.
And the who's who of intelligent sensible smart WGs of this region are the ones who did the latter. And the ones who post these stupid reviews pretending to be punters are the ones who, in my experience, do the first two.
That was my point.
Anth - I'm sure this has very little to do with intelligence & everything to do with much more mundane issues such as;
1 - Having somewhere to work from
2 - Having someone to promote you
3 - Starting with an agency so you can have 'some degree' of protection
4 - Working for an agency whilst you establish your customer base
5 - Finally going solo when all the above are established, therefore keeping all the payment for yourself as opposed to having to pay an agency fee
Little intelligence required, more common sense