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+ me, too The thread is very interesting even if it does not center on Meio, Point and 117 - It is refreshing to read this thread because it ties together examples of similar places that are not directly addressing the places in the title of the tread. -

I agree with everything you've said about Meio Mundo. I've been there several times and just can't get into it. The kinds of guys that are there (twinks, little boy looking guys, average looking, regular guys) are not my thing at all. These are the types that often hit me up on social apps like Grindr and bars in the States, and I'm not going there to have what I could easily get on any night out in the USA. One reason why I rarely post here is because it seems the overwhelming majority of posters are posting about Meio Mundo over my preferred 117 and Pointe. Many posters here seem to poo-poo over Pointe because they don't like muscle guys. But those generally are my preferred type. I wish there was more info about them here, as well as photos. Although I do appreciate the info given here, it is a little skewed to the posters' tastes, one must admit. On my last trip (May), I directed to Meio Mundo a good friend who travels with me often but this was his first time in Rio. I really thought he would like MM since he tends to go for the thinner, taller, younger guys. To my surprise, he did not like the place, and spent the rest of his trip visiting 117 and Pointe,

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Dude, thanks for the advice, but I own several properties in Atlanta, have a business there, and I'm there often enough to at least leave one car parked in a garage for use while I'm there. We all have different types and different perceptions. But I will say that if you think there are a lot of muscular, masculine black guys at Bulldogs, Einsteins or The Mixx, then sorry, but we just have vastly different perceptions of what that is. Yes, perceptions change as we get older, but also, we have more to compare to. Atlanta is still one of the best places in the USA for black gay social life, but sadly, the party crowd at the bars and clubs has changed. Much of that could be generational, maybe some of it cultural. Other than that (and the political landscape outside of metro Atlanta, which is ridiculously rednecky), it's not a bad place to live or to conduct business. But come on -- the black gay club scene in Atlanta has seriously deteriorated. I wish it were not so, but that's the general consensus.

A somewhat different take here, as I welcome the side trips these threads often lead to. Some of my favorite excursions have been to places I wasn't planning to go. So thanks guys and I do hope you'll continue sharing your experiences and insights as the spirit moves.

Then I LOVE frogs.... You can have your Ears....

I live in Atlanta and the club scene is very much alive and thumping...when people say the "scene" is not what it used to be, take into account that we all age out of certain clubs and scenes.... Atlanta has a club for every taste depending on the night of the week....If you are interested in muscular, masculine well built guys that are black, go to Bull Dogs, Thursday, large quantity so you will find your type...Also try going to Einsteins Friday after maybe 8 pm OR Sunday after 3-4 in the afternoon on a nice days....Plenty of muscular guys there.....Also try Mixx on Friday night...older crowd but again, a large mix of guys and you will find your type... Atlanta is one of the few cities that still caters to gay black men on a the regular which means you can go out every night of the week to something black and gay....My partying days in my city are long gone, ie, college days when I would go out on Thugged out Tuesday and Wednesday and Friday and Saturday, so I get it in during certain holiday weekends, hit some curcit parties for gay black men or travel outside of the country to experience something completely different..... If you need detailed info, I can get it for you....just let me know what you need....

Most of the black guys are at the predominantly black clubs in Atlanta. If you went to a club in Atlanta that only had several of them, then you didn't go to one of these. Most of the clubs, gay and straight, are fairly (voluntarily) segregated that way. I own several properties in Atlanta and go there for business quite often. The club and bar scene there for Afrcian-Americans is not what it used to be, unfortunately. There used to be tons of masculine, well-built black men all in the club and bar scene, and the predominantly black clubs were a place to hear amazing music and see hot masculine men. Now? Not so much. If you like twinks, chubbs and sissies, twerking to Nicki Minaj, then you'll be in heaven there now. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what happened.

It's all prefence and what is easy....I don't like Meio and don't want a boy next door looking type but if you live in Rio or a city where you see a lot of muscular good looking guys like MIA or LA, you may just want something that you don't see all the time... A guy here in Rio that I know does not like the saunas or the popular clubs at all but prefers darker skinned males like what I see everyday in Atlanta....the reason is although there are tons of Black Brazilians, there don't look or act the way black guys do in the states, ie, Atlanta....So we have a compromise, Ill introduce him to some educated, attractive, mid income black guys when he is in the states and I want him to introduce me to all the muscular, mixed looking, exotic type Brazilian guys I don't see in Atlanta....

Thanks Tealady, you just saved me 2 hrs and $16....