I am fully a gym elitist.
I went to a new gym last night and I think it is love, love, love.
www.equinoxfitness.com
This place is in my work building and costs 50% more than Crunch, but it is GORGEOUS- the facility is impeccably clean, everything is new and up to date and BEST of all- no insane crowds. Plus it is right downstairs, so I can take lunch classes or go there right after work with no commute. No excuses.
I realise that the time when I loved Crunch was when it was an exclusive thing- like working out at that gym was seen as fairly cool. Ditto for NYSC. As their exclusivity (percieved or real) has waned, so has my interest in their facilities. I dunno if this is because of my snobbery, lol, or because of the ridiculous crowding in those gyms, but it's not fun any more.
It's true. I'm a gym snob.