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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Ken has it right about transportation in New York, and there are swimming facilities available throughout the city for every person's schedule and location. Like everywhere else, you might have to search around to find the one that best fits your needs.
But why the heck would anyone drive around in a city with one of the most extensive and inexpensive Mass transit systems in the world? I get all around the city just fine by subway, bus, walking and even the occasional taxi. A subway and bus map are all you need to look at.
Admittedly, there is a certain minimum amount of Savvy involved in living in New York. Clearly you didn't acquire it in your brief stay here.
However to say that "New York and New Jersey are a downgrade in civilization third-world style"?
:mad: Fighting words, Ion. I don't think you just left New York. I think you were deported.
New York - "If you can make it here you can make it anywhere."
Ken has it right about transportation in New York, and there are swimming facilities available throughout the city for every person's schedule and location. Like everywhere else, you might have to search around to find the one that best fits your needs.
But why the heck would anyone drive around in a city with one of the most extensive and inexpensive Mass transit systems in the world? I get all around the city just fine by subway, bus, walking and even the occasional taxi. A subway and bus map are all you need to look at.
Admittedly, there is a certain minimum amount of Savvy involved in living in New York. Clearly you didn't acquire it in your brief stay here.
However to say that "New York and New Jersey are a downgrade in civilization third-world style"?
:mad: Fighting words, Ion. I don't think you just left New York. I think you were deported.
New York - "If you can make it here you can make it anywhere."
