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[quote=Anonymous][twitter][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The waitlist is real. We waited 3 years to join our community pool. Our initiation fee is very high, $8000 and dues are $1000/yr. I feel like most other[b] places are around $2000 initiation and $5/800/yr.[/b]

If you’re not planning to live there long there are plenty of local pools you can swim at. There are public indoor and outdoor pools where you just pay per admission or can join monthly. You don’t need to join the neighborhood pool to be able to swim. Several gyms also have pool only memberships with no waitlist, “lifetime” is one of those. [/quote]

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Is that for that area? $2,000 initiation plus annual dues seems like a lot for the first year, but if the facilities are really nice and there are a lot of club offerings I understand. [/quote]

$500-$1000 initiation used to be the norm a decade ago at barebones pools, but when we were recently researching things for our board, $1500-$2000 wasn’t atypical. It keeps membership more stable because people are loathe to bail after 2-3 years if they’ve paid that much, and it’s a rare opportunity for the club to increase savings towards necessary facilities projects. Think of summer membership fees as covering the operating budget and initiation fees as paying for long-term facilities costs.[/quote]

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