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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a town in NJ that was mostly white and there weren’t any community pools. First time I ever heard of such a thing was when I moved to VA. Nobody cared at all. Why would there be shared pools?[/quote]

Same experience in NY.  It wasn’t as hot as VA but there wasn’t the obsessive pool and swim culture.  When my kids were younger, we didn’t belong to a pool because of wait lists.  We went to the rec centers, the Watermine and spray parks.  There were plenty of public options.  [/quote]

I’m also from New York and there was absolutely obsessive swim and pool culture, especially at the high school level. The stark difference I have noticed is that while my (suburban NYC) summer swim team was competing area municipalities, the NoVa swim teams are all private pools. 
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My mom was born and raised in Queens in the 50s and 60s. She swam at the local Y and was on the swim team, I think through her Catholic diocese school. There was no way my grandparents could’ve afforded a private pool membership, given that my grandfather was a glass blower and my grandma was a waitress. She said they also swam in the ocean at Brighton Beach.

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