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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure I understand your point, OP. I live in MoCo. I use a pool here because I am a resident. What could I "demand" from DC?[/quote]

It's maybe that you should go swim in DC pools.[/quote]

Which you can, for a small fee.

I live in DC and we've used pools in the suburbs many times, again paying a fee.

Also, DC has more pools because it has more people close together. This is just a difference in how a city handles public amenities versus a suburb. DC has a bunch of neighborhood rec centers, some including pools, scattered throughout the city. They are intended to be accessible via public transit without a super long commute. They are also often relatively small, with a just a few larger facilities.

In the burbs, planners often assume people have cars. As a result, they will often make larger recreational facilities, and invest money in plenty of parking and assume they will serve people in a broader area. So the pools and gyms and other facilities will be larger than what you might find in DC and accommodate more people at once, but there are fewer facilities overall and they are further apart.

You see the same with schools, libraries, etc. It's just a fundamental difference in city planning based on density, demographics, transit options, etc.

It's weird to assume you are owed access to another municipality's amenities free of charge even though you don't pay taxes there and the facilities were not built with you in mind.[/quote]

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