[Velvet]

Originally Posted by NavyVet

Yes! someone who gets it.
TV "swimming pools" are a joke. It's been my biggest pet peeve for over 10 years, since swimming is the only outdoor activity I can do. I have lived here full time since 2003.
By 2014, I had to completely give up on TV amenities as TV had gotten so crowded you couldn't get into ANYTHING (without standing in long waiting lines which not all of us can do.) Town squares packed/wall to wall people, rec centers activities/classes all full, any good shows at the venues sold out unless you got the tickets in the first HOUR they went on sale.
I would check the weekly rec schedule every week for sport pool lap times, even driving to pools at the opposite end of TV. I needed the rope lanes to guide me and keep a straight line. It would usually take me the full 50 minute allotment to do my laps. Sometimes I couldn't even get a lane due to walkers! Or standing in the hot sun waiting for a lane to open up, then someone who arrived 10 minutes after you jumps in and takes the lane right out from under you.
Gradually, classes and volleyball completely took over. The only lap times were at dawn. I'm sorry; I am not getting up at zero dark thirty for anything.
I started trying different adult pools. Very cliquish, and I got weird looks for trying just a couple laps when it was not busy. I don't even do freestyle. I do a military swim stroke that is stealthy with zero splash.
So what if lap swimming doesn't fit as many people at once. They should either keep a couple lanes available at all the sport pools throughout the day or dedicate ONE pool that keeps all the ropes in and schedules zero volleyball or classes. Also, walkers should not be able to take up swim lanes. They can walk around at any of the other pools ... and socialize at the same time.
Sheesh, it's not rocket science.
I've just been frustrated that I certainly don't get my money's worth for "the lifestyle" and amenities that many of us don't actually get to use. The sheer number of residents just makes everything too difficult. The Lifestyle is really just an illusion for the newbies and a way to charge more for houses and those stupid ridiculous bonds.
We paid off 2 and then had to move again, so now stuck with a third bond. I feel I've contributed more than my fair share to the infrastructure or whatever. So many changes in the past 20+ years, some good, some not. They took away the indoor lap pool. Then, the buffalo, and so on.
Okay, rant over. Sorry.

My experience too. I have participated in ONE Rec center event exactly that I wanted to go to, in 5 years, because anything I was interested in was already full. Or did not want to wait an hour in line etc etc. Perhaps they are trying to keep the cost of amenities down by increasing the number of people using them?