Every WeWork is different. I was one of the very first WeWork customers in New York. I was in the Chinatown building when it was still unfinished. I remember s

Every WeWork is different. I was one of the very first WeWork customers in New York. I was in the Chinatown building when it was still unfinished. I remember someone asking me about decor and what I thought they should do. I think it might have even been Adam Neumann himself. - Some locations are filled with real people doing actual business and provide real networking opportunities. - Some locations are dominated by a single startup. - Some locations are filled with rich kids goofing off, drinking on the roof. - Some locations are filled with scammers running all sorts of scams. (I've seen everything from bogus "information products" to outright ponzi's to fake doctors providing injections and transfusion for hangovers.) - Some locations provide an address for otherwise illegal businesses. I've probably been to over two dozen WeWork locations. Every one has its own vibe. They very much represent what's happening around them. I kept at least the minimum level subscription up until a year ago when I finally cancelled completely. The problem with WeWork is, in my opinion, that you never know what to expect. You can't rely on it being quiet. You can't reliably have a serious meeting if there's going to be some idiots outside the door screwing around, or someone is going to use the meeting room across from you to host an informal audition for a porn shoot and there's a line of scantily clad women stretching down the hall. I suspect that management knows this and it's part of the reason why they tried to drop the "work" in WeWork and just become We Company. WeWork is going to turn into something of a social club. Sure, you can work there if you want to, the same way you can work out of The Battery or the Soho House if you want. WeWork is just going to become a broadly accessible version of a social club. Pay a monthly fee and get to feel like you are part of something exclusive.