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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The other thing to consider is if New York is successful in pulling off the Olympics as LA was in 84 this may help in building programs and facilities. The Rose Bowl Aquatic Center in Pasadena is one such facility that was built on the site of the old Brookside Plunge, but with donations including one from the AAF (foundation set up from the 'profits' of the 84 Olympics). Add to that the building or renovations of other athletic venues can really help programs out.
In regards to indoor pools vs outdoor pools, just because you swim indoors doesn't mean you are impervious to lightning strikes (a little better protected yes but not completely protected). The have been doing more and more studies on this, and as risk management takes a bigger role you may see it become more of an industry standard that all pools are closed (regardless of indoor/outdoor) if there is a possibility of a lightning strike.
The other thing to consider is if New York is successful in pulling off the Olympics as LA was in 84 this may help in building programs and facilities. The Rose Bowl Aquatic Center in Pasadena is one such facility that was built on the site of the old Brookside Plunge, but with donations including one from the AAF (foundation set up from the 'profits' of the 84 Olympics). Add to that the building or renovations of other athletic venues can really help programs out.
In regards to indoor pools vs outdoor pools, just because you swim indoors doesn't mean you are impervious to lightning strikes (a little better protected yes but not completely protected). The have been doing more and more studies on this, and as risk management takes a bigger role you may see it become more of an industry standard that all pools are closed (regardless of indoor/outdoor) if there is a possibility of a lightning strike.
