[watwut]

> I wouldn't swim in a "neighbourhood pool", doesn't seem hygienic.

It is as hygienic as any other swimming pool. Unless you literally have your own pool in your backyard, which overwhelming majority of swimmers dont, you are not getting more hygiene.

> A neighbour gym would also be crowded all the time, all my friends that have to go out for the gym always complain about that.

This may depend on locality, but fair solution to that is allowing simple capitalism and more businesses. Someone gonna build second gym.

[nl]

> It is as hygienic as any other swimming pool. Unless you literally have your own pool in your backyard, which overwhelming majority of swimmers dont, you are not getting more hygiene.

(Former) private pool owner here. I'd bet most public neighborhood pools are much more hygienic than a private pool where we'd only test the water when algae started growing. Public pools have proper maintenance and much better systems for chlorination/salt cleaning.

[jacquesm]

One thing I learned from friends in Panama: a pool comes with a pool guy and if it doesn't it'll quite literally convert into a cesspool all by itself. Pools need regular upkeep and that's a lot of work.