[Phoenix8]

Only way you could get me to go again would be everything free.
Went 2 years ago and wrote a report on it here.

Saw fights, homeless walking around with machetes and boards, zombie like people, homeless dudes taking showers out of fire hydrants in speedos…and more. Less than e8 hours after we left all those show girls were cut up by the illegal alien on the strip (2 died).

It was wild…and not in a wild and crazy guy fun kind of wild.

If you are in the Sahara watch your butt in that neighborhood.

[mmichaels1970]

Only way you could get me to go again would be everything free.

Me too! My trip is free.

[drwoof]

Only trip for me was when I was 14, in 1975. The Strip was still intact and we stayed at Caesars Palace, where we saw Sinatra. My folks had taken my sister and me to the National Tire Dealers Association annual conference. I have absolutely zero desire to go there today— heard too many stories like yours.

[RckyRaCoCo]

Wonderhussy Adventures(yes, that's her youtube) did some pretty good/unvarnished videos while walking the strip, before, during, after the pandemic. More depressing than anything...particularly for those who are old enough to remember different. It was always shady...but now it seems to be a dying dump.

Stayed at the Silverton many years ago, they had a western-style outdoor steak buffet every Sunday that was cool. There was an off the strip casino(cannot remember the name) that everyone kept talking about their great buffet...went there once and paid for it(wasn't Vegas cheap) only to find out it was seafood day...I hate seafood.

Something tells me the days of under $5 steak and eggs and free (watered-down) drinks are looooong gone.