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Why America stopped building public pools | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
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[โ€“] RicoBerto@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is still one where I live, and I read the other day that my town is building another one on the other side of town. So at least some places still have them. I remember spending my whole summer at ours in my hometown, but I haven't been to my local one in the 10 years I've lived here. Not sure how I would go about being comfortable to go by myself as a young adult, though I know no one else there actually cares. Nice read by the way.

[โ€“] yenahmik@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I spent so much time at our neighborhood pool as a kid. We would get dropped off by a parent and then they'd come pick us up either around dinner time or when a thunderstorm rolled in. Other days, we would go after dinner and stay until it got dark and the pool would close.

I just looked it up, since my hometown had budget issues a few years ago, and it is now owned by the YMCA.