How to find a gym?

I'm 17, and I am about to move houses. I usually use my school's gym after coming to my resolve to lose weight, so I don't know what would be a good option when it comes to actual gyms. What's a good gym to go to? I tried looking up gyms around the area, but I don't know what to pick. The membership price doesn't matter as long as I'm getting what i paid for. A variety of machines would be nice. I hear bad about places like Planet Fitness and LA Fitness so i'm kind of offput by those. I don't really want to hop gyms frequently as I heard cancellation can be tricky sometimes. Any tips or recommendations would be appreciated.