Meanwhile … When I was a kid there was a private club with an outdoor pool in a nearby town where the waiting list for membership was years long. The residents of the town repeatedly rejected opportunities to build a municipal pool — specifically to avoid this kind of fiasco with entitled losers.
Pools are crazy expensive to maintain.
Many in my area have closed.
That said, I see “instant” pools popping up in unused retail sites.
Appears to be a large area but shallow above-ground pool sitting on the existing slab.
I wish them well.