By the way that wasn't 60 different AMPs I visited, but 60 visits to 26 different AMPs. Royal Spa sounds good but its a bit too far for me. I know about the FS place on Sunrise but that's the type of residential place I'm nervous about visiting, and I'm usually not looking for FS. So my rating system is not the same as everyone else's. Getting a good massage is part of the deal for me, as well as getting the full time I paid for, not 45 minutes when I paid for an hour. Attitude is important too. These are things that can lower my ratings.
I'm sure the AMP owners are thriving despite all the places that have closed in the past year as most of them weren't busted. If a location isn't working, they just open elsewhere. There was a place at 1265 Montauk Hwy Copiague that lasted only a week before being shut for building violations. I was there opening day after seeing the BP ad and the phone was ringing off the hook as my masseuse kept fielding calls during the massage, so the AMP owners know that guys are monitoring BP closely for new places. On one of the calls, the woman directed the caller to the place on Merrick Rd in Merrick that recently closed, so they had the same owners. The place was a dump anyway.