Why have a pool? Because some people prefer to step onto their lanai and into a pool that they don't have to drive to. I personally don't care to sit at a pool and have to see big, fat man teets, speedos, open wounds, and people who spend hours in a pool and never seem to need to go to the restroom.
I especially enjoyed my pool during the closure of all pools in TV. I was very popular with friends who don't have their own pool.