A long time ago, I signed up for 24 hour fitness on a deal that requires me to pay only $50 a year. If it wasn't for that ridicuoulsy low price, I would have switched gyms a long time ago. It is not so much this particular location, as it is all of the locations I have been to in AZ.
I first signed up in Las Vegas when I was a teenager, and later moved to Southern California. The Vegas locations are much nicer than AZ, and the So Cal locations are even better. The equpment is of lower quality, and as far as the facilities themselves are concerned the AZ locations are for lack of better word, dumpy and smelly.
My husband recently switched to LA Fitness, and although the facilities themselves are smaller, they have much more of a health club feel, and are better cared for. I decided to give up paying $4.16/month to pay $30/month at LA....