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Originally Posted by Sandy and Ed
I agree that those chillers in the sports pools are a good idea. I like to swim laps but don't like waiting around for my turn at the sports pools so I do mine at the neighborhood pools deep end. I just don't know why all the snarky comments about what is a legitimate question.
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Because there are a lot of snarky people on TOTV. And some of the responses are just foolish, like "I don't swim therefore my fees shouldn't have to go towards chillers." You can make that argument about anything. I don't have a dog, so my fees shouldn't pay for dog parks; I don't do woodworking, why do we have TWO million dollar woodworking facilities; the list goes on and on.
The bottom line is we have thousands of people here with varied interests, and the goal of TV is to encourage and support this myriad of activities. And they do a pretty good job with many of the activities, but being a swimmer, I see how lackluster our swimming pools, specifically sport pools, are compared to other locations. If they even chilled a couple of pools, one at each end of the Villages it would help. If you want to splash around in a warm pool, you could avoid the chilled pools. Those that desire a serious swimming workout would have the option of going to a decently chilled pool instead of driving to facilities (and paying for the privilege) off campus. And the cost is not prohibitive. A couple of chillers would run less than $20K.