There was a little hardcore place just a few blocks from my house that I loved to go to......shit-stained ceilings, 20 bucks a month, dirty bathroom, moldy carpeting. It was great! There were even flecks of rust on the dumbbells! Needless to say, the owner moved a further ways north, but I don't think it exists anymore.
Now, we have soulless big box gyms filled with fatties and uglies. So long as they stay away from the free weight area, I don't care.