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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People who live near Hearst Park and in the northern end of Cleveland Park tend to oppose a pool at Hearst.  The farther away from the park one goes, support tends to rise.  I would think it would be the opposite.[/quote]

No, it makes total sense to me. Those of us who live in those areas currently use the park as is. We sled there, our kids play soccer there, we play tennis, the kids use the playground, we fly kites on the field...I love it that way. This is a residential neighborhood. It completely makes sense that those who live further away don't care if that changes for those of us who live close to the park, while if you tried to put a pool like this literally in their backyards, I suspect support would again be low from those closest to it and higher from those whose day to day lives would not be impacted.[/quote]

This is exactly what happened at much-used Friendship (aka Turtle) Park in AU Park.  Turtle Park is significantly larger than Hearst, but they still passed on putting a pool there.[/quote]

Except in the case of Turtle Park, the neighbors wanted the pool and the baseball lobby killed it. Facts matter.[/quote]

I live in AU Park close to Turtle Park and that's not the whole story.  Neighborhood sentiment was divided, with frequent users of the park not wanting to sacrifice oft-used facilities.  However, nothing got as far along as the runaway train that the Hearst pool seems to have become.[/quote]

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