Yeah.... I went here 5 years ago and it seems to have plummeted downhill. It is an experience and if you are looking for weird and creepy, you will find it. This street has "street performers" and urban outdoorsman that are holding signs that are trying to be different..... It is also the home of the the Golden Nugget, which is decent... I also enjoy the old time neon lights.... It feels more like old Vegas than the strip....
The things I don't like is that people are constantly coming up to you and bothering you. It also is a place where people will try to pickpocket you.... And some of the "performers" are very, very sad. There are some that are polished in interesting costumes... But then there are some that are in cotton panties and tape on their nipples that can't dance on beat and appear they could be impaired on drugs....