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[quote=Anonymous][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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I do not recall a pool at the Y nearest us. Was only there a couple of times with a friend. i didn’t have a car to get there. Backyard swim lessons only taught most of us to sorta tread water — my feet always hit the bottom of the pool. Most were circular or short ovals that were at best 30’ long (that was the width of most houses). They may have been shorter.
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