Contrary to popular image, most country clubs and yacht clubs are just community clubs for people that like golf and sailing respectively, and try to be welcomi

Contrary to popular image, most country clubs and yacht clubs are just community clubs for people that like golf and sailing respectively, and try to be welcoming and affordable rather than exclusive. Most are neither expensive nor fancy, and often are run mostly by retiree volunteers that work for free. Often they don't even own the buildings or land but lease them from the city, under agreements that require them to provide things like free or cheap access and youth classes. Most such places are actually open to the public either all of the time, or at specific times... but possibly not to creepy people "surveying the parking lot."