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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
We never were needy or had to keep up with jones. Now At my age I have no interest in pool even though I could have one. For the cost and up keep (100 to $200 month) if I get desire to get in pool for 15 minutes I just go to neighborhood pools. Which since I’ve been here about 4 times in 10 years. So l’ll keep 100K plus and spend it in another useless project. No I won’t cuss it took too long to accumulate it. 
I did have spa till it broke, cost more than it was worth to fix it, so I got rid of it.  |
In my experience, the only place pools are still semi-popular in FL, is The Villages. I've owned 2 other homes in FL and in both of them, the pool was a detriment to selling them. I was in the process of having one of them "filled in", before I sold it.
I have well over 100 friends who are snowbirds in FL, mostly Sarasota-Naples. Not a single one of them has a pool at their Florida home. It's a Villages' phenomena and only in The Villages do folks seem to be willing to pay $100K-$150K for a $50K-$70K pool.
15 years in Florida with a pool, I was in each pool, once. In my 5 years in The Villages, I have yet to see a person in a swimming pool. I'm sure it happens, but I've never seen it.