PG Pool

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if painting the pool as racist helps the waitlist shorten so that the people painting it as racist can get in faster.

Maybe there’s a vast conspiracy like that or maybe the pool has a racist element. Latter sounds more plausible than the former.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if painting the pool as racist helps the waitlist shorten so that the people painting it as racist can get in faster.

Maybe there’s a vast conspiracy like that or maybe the pool has a racist element. Latter sounds more plausible than the former.

It's a PRIVATE pool. We can do whatever we want. Go build your own pool or at least fix your crummy schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if painting the pool as racist helps the waitlist shorten so that the people painting it as racist can get in faster.

Maybe there’s a vast conspiracy like that or maybe the pool has a racist element. Latter sounds more plausible than the former.

It's a PRIVATE pool. We can do whatever we want. Go build your own pool or at least fix your crummy schools.

Wow, just wow. Please educate yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fortunately, the PG pool is now a very welcoming place for all, though it might seem dumpy to some!

lol... see above posts.

[Anonymous]

People from outside PG literally saved this pool from bankruptcy years ago. The town owes us a debt of gratitude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People from outside PG literally saved this pool from bankruptcy years ago. The town owes us a debt of gratitude.

that's some white geezer burden sh*t

[Anonymous]

There is a small difference between peeing in the pool, and peeing into the pool.

[Anonymous]

I get that people are upset about the current length of the waitlist, but longer waitlists compared to a few years ago arent unique to the PG pool. A lot of neighborhoods have been turning over from older residents (who left the community pools long ago) to younger families who are now eager to join. The demand exceeds supply, in some areas more than others. I remember that when we got on the waitlist for our pool, folks told us they got in after 3 years, whereas a decade earlier there was no wait at all. Took us 4 years to get in, now we know families who have been on the waitlist for 4 years and it will likely take 1-2 more years based on their position. They could drive 15 minutes further out and probably get in somewhere else quicker, but obviously part of the appeal is the local community aspect of the pool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I get that people are upset about the current length of the waitlist, but longer waitlists compared to a few years ago arent unique to the PG pool. A lot of neighborhoods have been turning over from older residents (who left the community pools long ago) to younger families who are now eager to join. The demand exceeds supply, in some areas more than others. I remember that when we got on the waitlist for our pool, folks told us they got in after 3 years, whereas a decade earlier there was no wait at all. Took us 4 years to get in, now we know families who have been on the waitlist for 4 years and it will likely take 1-2 more years based on their position. They could drive 15 minutes further out and probably get in somewhere else quicker, but obviously part of the appeal is the local community aspect of the pool.

Did your pool explicitly exclude blacks back in the 1970s, then implicitly exclude blacks until the 1990s? Bc that’s what pg pool did to my grand dad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get that people are upset about the current length of the waitlist, but longer waitlists compared to a few years ago arent unique to the PG pool. A lot of neighborhoods have been turning over from older residents (who left the community pools long ago) to younger families who are now eager to join. The demand exceeds supply, in some areas more than others. I remember that when we got on the waitlist for our pool, folks told us they got in after 3 years, whereas a decade earlier there was no wait at all. Took us 4 years to get in, now we know families who have been on the waitlist for 4 years and it will likely take 1-2 more years based on their position. They could drive 15 minutes further out and probably get in somewhere else quicker, but obviously part of the appeal is the local community aspect of the pool.

Did your pool explicitly exclude blacks back in the 1970s, then implicitly exclude blacks until the 1990s? Bc that’s what pg pool did to my grand dad.

Are you looking to cut the waitlist because they excluded your granddad?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if painting the pool as racist helps the waitlist shorten so that the people painting it as racist can get in faster.

Maybe there’s a vast conspiracy like that or maybe the pool has a racist element. Latter sounds more plausible than the former.

One person posting =/= vast conspiracy. It's just one person posting multiple times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get that people are upset about the current length of the waitlist, but longer waitlists compared to a few years ago arent unique to the PG pool. A lot of neighborhoods have been turning over from older residents (who left the community pools long ago) to younger families who are now eager to join. The demand exceeds supply, in some areas more than others. I remember that when we got on the waitlist for our pool, folks told us they got in after 3 years, whereas a decade earlier there was no wait at all. Took us 4 years to get in, now we know families who have been on the waitlist for 4 years and it will likely take 1-2 more years based on their position. They could drive 15 minutes further out and probably get in somewhere else quicker, but obviously part of the appeal is the local community aspect of the pool.

Did your pool explicitly exclude blacks back in the 1970s, then implicitly exclude blacks until the 1990s? Bc that’s what pg pool did to my grand dad.

Every pool ever. What's your solution?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if painting the pool as racist helps the waitlist shorten so that the people painting it as racist can get in faster.

Maybe there’s a vast conspiracy like that or maybe the pool has a racist element. Latter sounds more plausible than the former.

One person posting =/= vast conspiracy. It's just one person posting multiple times.

doubtful. is that pool really in such high demand? also, I'm not this "one person" - I live in VA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if painting the pool as racist helps the waitlist shorten so that the people painting it as racist can get in faster.

Maybe there’s a vast conspiracy like that or maybe the pool has a racist element. Latter sounds more plausible than the former.

One person posting =/= vast conspiracy. It's just one person posting multiple times.

doubtful. is that pool really in such high demand? also, I'm not this "one person" - I live in VA.

Yes. If you haven’t been able to piece together from this thread that it’s popular, I don’t know what to tell you. There are over 2000 people on the waitlist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get that people are upset about the current length of the waitlist, but longer waitlists compared to a few years ago arent unique to the PG pool. A lot of neighborhoods have been turning over from older residents (who left the community pools long ago) to younger families who are now eager to join. The demand exceeds supply, in some areas more than others. I remember that when we got on the waitlist for our pool, folks told us they got in after 3 years, whereas a decade earlier there was no wait at all. Took us 4 years to get in, now we know families who have been on the waitlist for 4 years and it will likely take 1-2 more years based on their position. They could drive 15 minutes further out and probably get in somewhere else quicker, but obviously part of the appeal is the local community aspect of the pool.

Did your pool explicitly exclude blacks back in the 1970s, then implicitly exclude blacks until the 1990s? Bc that’s what pg pool did to my grand dad.

Every pool ever. What's your solution?

+1 exactly. Just about every private pool that has been around a long time has a racist history. If you don't think organizations can change or don't care that's fine. Don't be a member or get on the waitlist. Do you think they should close just cause of their racist past?