I have been dancing for 14 years, in Utah so I have never done a full hustler club, just casual dive bars, but as far as being a patron I have been going to them for over 20 years- both club and bar. When I started the older women back then would tell me that a bad night used to be $600, now $600 is an INCREDIBLE night.
Even for a shit hole dive bar I am at now, the quality has gone downhill in girls. I have actually been thinking to myself for the past few months that no where in my city (salt lake) has hot women. Oh course you get the hidden gem, maybe 1 out of 6, that is the cliche "hot chick" type and personally that you expect, but you have to look on a club's website or instagram to find them, then plan your schedule to catch them on a day they are working. Back when I was a patron there was a "high end" club that I coild always count on habing beautiful ladies, no mattet what day or time it was. Now (get ready for the old fart get off my lawn comments) girls are young, dumb, and ENTITLED! Girls think that if they get on stage that makes them a stripper and the world owes them money for it. They can't comprehend that they are a product and they have to sell that product. They are blinded by "anti shaming" and "equal rights" bullshit that is all over social media, that they are too stupid to realize they literally get paid for being a MAN's fantasy. The bar that I am at now, we have to actually hold meetings where the older women tell the girls that they have to wear shoes on stage- WTF?! They have to be told that when they walk in the building they should look like a stripper- makeup done, cute clothing, positive attitude, etc. They have been dragging themselves in, late, wearinh pajamas, frizzy hair, and wearing dirty slippers as shoes. Its absolutely disgusting! I do the social media management for my bar and girls have complained that I dont repost their content; I pull up their instagram where they are on stage BALD and dancing with bare feet. I refuse to let that represent the bar I am at, even if it is a dive. *sorry that probably got a bit personal with whats going on at my bar* but I see the same entitled attitude online from young girls -faking the amount of money they make- and its down right toxic to the industry. Dont even get me started in the bullshit "DANCERS RESOURCE" app and community.
So all in all, I agree with OP, and I think its refreshing to see the other members here agreeing that the bald, tattooed, they/them look is not attractive, and recognizing that the industry has been struggling. I feel like the hot women we all used to see at strip clubs, have been run off by high stage fees, drink sales, and lets face it- if a gal wants to do OTC she can go to Eros or Tryst and book her own arrangements without a middle man taking a fee. Also the long distance comfort of Onlyfans has been revolutionary for a working girl as well. So whats left to work at a questionable income, high fee, club with no reliable attendance?- the left over sailor bitches who's value only goes as long as they can bounce their ass.
Personally, I remain dancing because I do offer OTC services, and I use the bar I am at as a safe place to vet potential clients, but the owner I work for is always telling me, "You need to show these girls how to act."