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Igel

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20. Smaller risk of drowning. n/t

Reply to dameatball (Reply #19)

Sun Jul 23, 2023, 02:42 PM

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CNN: Why America stopped building public pools [View all] DBoon Jul 2023 OP

Substitute "public schools", "public libraries" or any public service for "public pool" Wonder Why Jul 2023 #1

I suspect the cost of liability insurance has even more to do with it. GoCubsGo Jul 2023 #2

Private pools are even more expensive, and the expense is shared by fewer people. yardwork Jul 2023 #4

The racism part was true 60 years ago, not so much now. GoCubsGo Jul 2023 #11

I think you missed when this happened (I know I posted about it on DU when it happened) BumRushDaShow Jul 2023 #21

I think the 'other options' explanation has some validity. Aristus Jul 2023 #38

I think there might've been a few other things involved ... Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #14

The original distribution back then was certainly largely racism. Igel Jul 2023 #22

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2023 #23

I suspect it had to do with integration. ret5hd Jul 2023 #5

The proliferation of 'air conditioning' over this timeline may have also had something do with it Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #3

Also video games and the internet FBaggins Jul 2023 #7

Definitely (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #9

before my parents bought a house my mom talked to a couple people orleans Jul 2023 #6

Same thing happened in my small town forthemiddle Jul 2023 #26

Thank Reagan and his ilk for privatization and the race to the bottom. pecosbob Jul 2023 #8

Had a Pool NowISeetheLight Jul 2023 #10

In a small city in N.W. PA (Meadville) in the early 1970s they stopped a public pool because ... Botany Jul 2023 #12

For some reason private entities are not interested in money pits. Sneederbunk Jul 2023 #13

I dunno, a lot of private entities are interested in owning boats Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2023 #15

My hometown in Georgia bulldozed the city pool .. Bo Zarts Jul 2023 #16

I'm from a small town in GA too mike_c Jul 2023 #25

Day-um! That's exactly what happened in my hometown. Bo Zarts Jul 2023 #39

It's harder to find lifeguards now, too. LisaM Jul 2023 #17

There's a thriving public pool in my small southern town. BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #18

It seems like "water parks" have become a cheaper substitute for pools. They are pretty common now. dameatball Jul 2023 #19

Smaller risk of drowning. n/t Igel Jul 2023 #20

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2023 #24

Our public Rebl2 Jul 2023 #27

We have public pools in Chicago that the kids love mucifer Jul 2023 #28

The public pools are all busy here GenThePerservering Jul 2023 #29

most outdoor pools sit unused for 9 months/year. horrible financial drain...and lifeguards? msongs Jul 2023 #30

When air is 120 and water 100 pool is not very refreshing cynical_idealist Jul 2023 #31

100 degree pool water is pretty unusual. maxsolomon Jul 2023 #32

Extrapolating a few years when things get a bit warmer cynical_idealist Jul 2023 #37

What kind of pool has the water at 100? Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #34

There's a lot more to it Amishman Jul 2023 #33

That may be the case in some instances Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #35

Another one of our probelms that can be traced back to trickle down economics. Initech Jul 2023 #36