not all flyers live in an urban area, every area has it's own set of circumstances,... if I would say that to people around here, the club would be gone in a heartbeat.
I can imagine that in Florida and in areas where the weather is flying weather all year around, there are allot of guys flying the large scale stuff. to them the hundred dollars is drop in the bucket. around here, there are only a few of those guys, we have about 3 months a year of good flying weather and most guys fly average stuff,.... the hundred bucks is a considerable amount of money for them, and I doubt there are enough people flying to afford hiring "paid for maintenance" on our fields. as an example, the "club" I am in,... has 7 members !. in both instances, the clubs need the same quality of field and land to fly on and the prices to maintain it are very close to the same, as far as being charged to do it......we've looked into it.