I've been going to Rats for the last two years, probably three times a month on average, and its clientele and ambitions have changed a lot. Even at the start of this year, all they played in the main room was trap (can't listen to Shabba without thinking of that cesspit). It was basically a slightly milder Cant Say but is now probably the most generic place around. That was even worse for most of this year; all winter they shared the Colonial with Powerstation but now they've got the second floor and smokers back, it's not so bad.
It's still probably my favourite place to go because you can escape on a $35 night if you pre-drink smartly, and it was always an easy walk to and fro, and the girls are always pretty easy (if you don't pull you've had a shocker), so I like it more than I should even though the odd fight has started to break out (no doubt thanks to the ludicrous and no doubt unsafe amount of people crammed in). Plus some nights I've gone there and been staggered at the amount of uglies, but every time you take someone from interstate there, they'll always leave thinking it was a good place.
Plus there's the Port Adelaide stairs.