You have to pay more to get a clean changing area free of children jumping everywhere. The showers in the "family changing area" are disgusting beyond belief. I can only imagine the horror of the Men's room b/c the Women's area is gross. Yes, there is a nice changing area, that will run you 35 dollars per person per month extra, a total of nearly 85 dollars per month per person. The parking is not the JCC's fault, but it is a paid lot and no one enforces it when an SUV parks across three spots. Sometimes there is zero parking available.
Machines break and you get the excuse that there is only one tech in the tri-state area qualified to fix it so it will take a while. When I asked why they purchased equipment with no reliable repair personnel in the area they just shrug. Don't even get me started on the pool or the weirdly scheduled classes.
I joined a gym at hte waterfront recently. Clean, better hours, and only 10 per month. Yes, no pool but I could build a pool for what I and my husband are saving.
Plus the JCC doesn't give a darn about the Jewish community anymore. If you don't have kids or aren't a senior citizen they don't engage you at all.