I've been going there since 1969 and have made at least a dozen trips. My wife and I love it, love the Thai people and love all the ambience of the city. It would be my number one choice of a city to live in if I ever left California.
It's actually a lot tamer now than it used to be. When I used to go as a single man it would have been so easy to just slide into a life of depravity. Now it's still pretty raw if you look for it but nothing like the old days. Since the king died a few years ago, it's not as politically stable as it once was either. The Covid lock downs really did a number on their tourism which is finally starting to come back.