There's an interesting article on Salon.com by writer/teacher/porn-star Conner Habib. "Rest Confidential" has one guy's take on why cruisers do what they do: Rest stop confidential - Salon — After Dark - Salon.com

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True. Men will find a way to find satisfaction. When they do they subtly pass that score location on to others. This has happened for a long time and long before the internet. When I first came out I was introduced to the art of cruising bi and older friend who schooled me on the fine arts of sniffing out dark corners, making contact and then signaling intent to suck or fuck. No matter how hard they try the anti-fun crowd cannot stop it.

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I remember thinking I was the only teenager that thought of having sex with other men. Then I went to a restroom in a JCPenneys store in New Jersey. It cost 10 cents to enter, had double doors & was huge. 2 of the stalls had no doors & I discovered glory holes between 2 stalls. I later discovered many cruisy restrooms. I loved the Bob Damron guides & Steam newsletters.

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Yes, Before the web we either depended upon local alternative media (rags) like the Berkeley Barb and other papers or we went to bars and clubs. But if you were too young or did not live in a town with a known gay bar or alternative club you were down to cruising. Men have cruised for sex with other men for thousands of years. There are places in every town where men loiter with intent and look for fags to use for quick sex. Many of us signed up for this in hopes of finding a man who would be interested in something more than quick head. But it was usually just quick head and home to momma for the majority of these guys. But it was a huge turn on to seduce and service a masculine straight man. Still is.

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