Who Has Recently Moved to Las Vegas?

Pre-pandemic, my plan was to sell my Tennessee house and move to Las Vegas when I turned 65. Then the pandemic hit and I froze my plans. Well, I'm about to turn 66, and my last couple of trips to LV have made me re-evaluate those original plans. Many of the things I liked/loved about LV have changed, especially the traffic and the strip corporations targeting one-percenters rather than all-percenters. The frugal details of Las Vegas life have mostly evaporated. I spent about 20 football seasons in Las Vegas (90-100 days each year) while residing elsewhere, and the things that charmed me most -- Westward Ho hot dogs, free lounge acts, cheap beers, traffic short cuts, have gone the way of the Dodo. 

Has anyone recently moved to LV? Any comments or criticisms? 

My take right now is maybe I could handle Boulder City or living out by South Point, but in general the high-end urban melange has me down. I can handle the heat pretty well, but  I'm not sure I can handle the triple zero roulette (I honestly did not know there was such a thing) and a lack of cheap shrimp cocktails. If I wanted to visit Palm Springs, I'd visit Palm Springs. I always perceived Las Vegas as an affordable Orlando West. I don't think  it's Orlando West anymore.

Any feedback appreciated.

    Robert - I also had planned for years to move to Vegas after retiring. I have visited Vegas for over 35 years and really looked forward to moving there. Now, I have decided not to relocate because of the very reasons you stated, and others. I will content myself with visiting several times a year as long as I receive the current room, food and gambling comps/offers that I get. If Vegas continues to price itself out of my comfort range, I will limit or end making furure visits. Today's Vegas corporate mindset is not to cater to longtime visitors - they have changed Vegas to the gouge machine it currently is and they will continue gouging as long as those who visit are willing (and able) to pay for their visitation. Barring a recession, I don't see Vegas as being worth the present and ever increasing gouging. I believe that the Reno/Tahoe region of Nevada might be a worthwhile option that I will soon explore. 

Robert, I lived there during what I call the glory years, 1990-2005, when it was SO much fun to be a local. Now...not to put too fine a point on it, it sucks. And it sure ain't cheap any more! And the crowding and traffic--it's getting really bad.

I really never did like the weather, but now it gets hotter and stays hot longer. It's a pretty dramatic change actually. And another annoying aspect is Vegas' isolation--five hours from anything. Because of the weekend lemming rush, you can't really navigate to L.A. and back.

I'd check out Reno/Tahoe. Reno is getting high-priced, but Sparks/Carson City are still cheap(ish). And the weather's much better. Plus, you have the mountains nearby.