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I wouldn't want a pool. Owning a house comes with enough chores and headaches, I wouldn't want to add another thing to deal with. (She says as she mentally preps herself to clean her newly-replaced oven ... after having replaced the washer and dryer in May, the A/C in the spring, and the dishwasher last year. And that's just the big stuff! We've also replaced valves and faucets, redone the landscaping, built shelves, etc. etc. I love our home, but it's a never-ending source of work and expense.)

That said, we looked at some houses with pools because they're common in our area. If the right house had had a pool, we would have bought it. However, I really don't need another chore in my life and I'm glad we didn't get one. I would have contemplated filling it in, because I don't think they look very nice and I regard them as small-scale environmental disasters (water use, chemicals, plastic junk that people buy for them, etc.). If I wasn't relatively close to the beach or a public pool, I'd just find some other outdoor activity to enjoy, like hiking.

We also prefer plants to pools as an aesthetic matter. Most pools are not very pretty, but our garden is and it costs very little and provides us with plenty of exercise and satisfaction. It's also a really social activity. We're often out in our front and side yards tending to the garden, so we met all of our neighbors and everyone who goes on walks within a few months of moving in. Plus LO has a lot of opportunities to get dirty, which I think is important. We've also learned a ton about our local and native plants (and small animals, insects, and birds!) and how to have an attractive garden with nearly no fertilizers or herbicides, which is fun.

No way. We live in a region in thr US where every third home has a pool. We looked long and hard for the right home without a pool. There's too much liability risk- fences, covers, locks- and even then if someone hopes your fence and drowns in your pool, you are still at fault. I like that my neighbors have pools, and that our best friends let us use theirs anytime. But I do not want one.

I don't but my husband does. I would be more open to it when my kids are a lot older but I just don't like the risk of having one with small kids. I think the fences around pools are really unattractive so I would just rather not. I would love to have neighbors and good friends with a pool to enjoy though