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[quote=Anonymous]I found the pool culture here very weird after growing up in the LA suburbs where every housing development has its own pool that's included in with the HOA dues.  You didn't "join" the pool and there were no waiting lists.  Ours was a short walk from home and my siblings and I were there pretty much every day of our childhoods.  All the kids in a particular neighborhood go to the same pool.

Unfortunately, I didn't give pools any thought when we moved to Arlington.  So, when we had kids and I did think about it I discovered that the outdoor pool options are Upton Hill -- very crowded on weekends but can be good on weekdays -- or years-long waiting lists for private pools that cost a LOT of money.  There's no pool in our neighborhood that would be a natural choice to get on the waitlist and when the kids were little our friends were using a variety of pools.  So, when I was a SAHM we just did summer passes to Upton Hill and enjoyed day trips to other swim parks included in the membership.  My kids liked the big slides and water play structures at the NVRPA pools.  We did join Knights of Columbus for one summer but the kids missed the features of Upton Hill.  Eventually I went back to work and the kids weren't really interested in swimming on the weekends because they'd often go to the pool with their day camps.  It might have been nice for them to do swim team but they were never particularly interested and I don't know how I'd manage it with our FT jobs now anyway.

I think if you want your kids to get into swim team and/or are a SAHM who enjoys spending all day hanging out at the pool, then it can be a worthwhile expense.

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