Funny you mention paying more, but they actually cut prices for many members recently.
In the past 6 months, WeWork split their buildings into 2 tiers. The All-Access pass at one tier is $149 and the other is $299. $299 also gets you access to both tiers of buildings.
I only go to the locations here in Portland and went from paying $299 a month to $149. They didn’t advertise this change to me, I had to find out from a friend who just signed up. I emailed the salesperson and asked why I wouldn’t make the change given my situation. He just replied defeatedly, “I’ll start the paperwork.”
Spent the last few months in NYC and also enjoyed the large variety of Weworks to pick from each day. But a common theme was how empty most of them were and devoid of rented offices. Some of them even shut down entire floors for the time being. Man I wish I would have shorted this stock, and I kept thinking about it each time I visited another ghost town Wework.