I just started going to the Tonawanda Aquatic and Fitness Center. ($254/year for residents and Praxair pays $250/year so it was basically free.) It’s borderline overcrowded, but it’s clean and has decent equipment and so far I’ve only run into one d-bag*. Everyone else has actually been very friendly and cool about not dicking around. Despite it being almost too busy, I like it there. As a bonus there’s usually something to look at while you’re working out, unlike my last gym average joe’s, er, Fitness Factory.
*Some high school kid wanted to flirt with girls who were doing ab exercises throwing a medicine ball back and forth so he swatted at the ball in mid air. I was about to say something about how much of a tool he’d feel like if one of them broke a finger because he redirected the ball, but some older guy beat me to it.