Y Blog? | Why I'm making these Y reviews
This is the first YMCA I ever was a member of; the Gleason Family Y in Wareham, MA When you have been to as many YMCAs (The Y as they now call it) as I have you start to notice some unique quirks. No two Y's are alike...and yet no two Y's are that different either. They have incredible nationwide branding. No matter how new their facilities are they all still carry over some sort of cold war era energy. And every single Y is set up like a maze. YMCAs feel like some sort of nationally guilded institution in America like the post office or the library. They have become unofficial third spaces that offer refuge to members of all different backgrounds. Pre-pandemic the Y had been averaging at over 20 million memberships year over year for ten years. See, here is a nice old graph to prove it. Now that folks are itching to reconnect and the economy is (allegedly) bouncing back people are reinstating their memberships or maybe ...