I came form California and I'm overweight. In fact I didn't take up swimming until again until I spent 3 years in Arizona. Now, there was a country club pool I could have swam there but I didn't. In fact in my area in Arizona there are public pools or health club pools as just are ready as there was in California. I think that many people back east are probably are into other sports more like figure Skating, in fact a top figure skater name Sasha Cohen went back there to get better coaching and a better facility. Also, just because Long Island isn't into swimming as much as the Pacific region doesn't mean they don't workout. Also, I enjoy indoor pools, something that both California and Arizona lack. The weather is not always rosy in either states. There are sometimes bad rain storms in California in the January or February period and Monsoon conditions in Arizona in the summer. The New Yorkers are a little wiser to built the indoor pools, in Tempe we had rain problems and the 800 was delayed until the next day and the 200 IM relays got cancel. Now back east and in the mid-west where pools are mainly indoors they could have continue on with the meet.
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Ion -- I think your East Coast experience may be a little outdated, at least as it applies to New York. Several new pools have opened in the past year or so (mostly at local colleges). My team rents a pool at one, for ten practices available per week. And, of course, you know about the Asphalt Green Aqua Center, on the upper east side, and the Long Island facility. So the opportunities for training are better than you may remember.
You're right about the parking situation in New York, though, which is only getting worse. But we do have extensive public transportation. And, yes, some people in public lap swims don't know (or care) about proper lane etiquette.
Ion -- I think your East Coast experience may be a little outdated, at least as it applies to New York. Several new pools have opened in the past year or so (mostly at local colleges). My team rents a pool at one, for ten practices available per week. And, of course, you know about the Asphalt Green Aqua Center, on the upper east side, and the Long Island facility. So the opportunities for training are better than you may remember.
You're right about the parking situation in New York, though, which is only getting worse. But we do have extensive public transportation. And, yes, some people in public lap swims don't know (or care) about proper lane etiquette.
