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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They’re expensive to build, staff, and maintain. And even daily admission to the public pool is getting $$$ these days. I looked up the pool cost for a daily pass at the public pool in the suburb where I grew up in the Midwest and it’s up to $14/day, now you do get a free kids admission with an adult, so a parent and a kid could go for $14. And that’s only available during the week. Weekends are only for season pass holders and the cost is $215 for a family. Definitely not cheap if you’re on a lower income. Seniors do pay less. [/quote]

+1 The other huge problem is liability. In today's world, too many parents/guardians/nannies/babysitters are looking at their cell phones and not keeping an eye on their kids.[/quote]

And now with the recent stuff coming out about lifeguard certifications, that adds another layer to the staffing/liability portions. It’s an extremely complicated problem. I don’t think it can be blamed entirely or even mostly on racism directly. However it’s certainly more expensive (for a huge number of reasons) to operate a pool in a city vs. in a suburb. And with most Black/Hispanic people living in cities, especially in the North and Midwest, they end up being the most affected. Just like so many other things. [/quote]

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