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Summers are so damn humid in Montreal. It only makes sense to have a pool.
But short. Even Edinburgh, Scotland had an 87 degree this past summer but that doesn't mean you should build a pool for the odd warm day, just like I shouldn't build an ice skating rink in my backyard because now and then it dips below freezing in Austin.
I was looking at various google maps and was very surprised that in the suburbs of both Montreal and Quebec City, there are many pools. It would seem like 75% of the homes have pools. Most are the above ground style. My question is, with the cold climate up there, why bother having most of your yard inaccessible for 9 months of the year? Why don't you just have a hot tub or something. Also, here in Texas we have a "community pool" that is usually Junior Olympic. Wouldn't it be easier to do something like that? It just seems a waste of water and I don't understand why everyone needs a pool.
Here's an example in a northern Quebec City suburb:
In contrast, here's a neighborhood in Austin, notice how few pools, although there is a "community pool". This is in a climate where you can use a pool 7 months of a year.
Less maintenance and better facilities at the pool.
It is not accurate to presume we can't use a pool for 9 months of the year.
Our climate at this longitude is temperate, neither arctic nor subarctic nor polar.
Water might not be as dear here as it is there. You do live in desert-like landscapes where I think water does not abound. We are fortunate for our water-wealth.
It is not accurate to presume we can't use a pool for 9 months of the year.
Our climate at this longitude is temperate, neither arctic nor subarctic nor polar.
Water might not be as dear here as it is there. You do live in desert-like landscapes where I think water does not abound. We are fortunate for our water-wealth.
We have community pools too.
Yeah I didn't realize water wasn't metered up there. Makes sense because of all the large lakes you have up there. Here water is costly. You have to use a lot for irrigation and you lose a lot to evaporation in a pool. Having a pool could double your water bill from $100 to $200 a month. I don't live in a desert though, my dear. I live in a humid subtropical climate with 32" of rain a year. Montreal gets about the same amount of rain (actually a little less).
It makes sense that having cheap water and electricity is driving these types of behaviors. I prefer going to the local lake over going to a crowded pool any day. I have thought of installing a pool though.
But short. Even Edinburgh, Scotland had an 87 degree this past summer but that doesn't mean you should build a pool for the odd warm day, just like I shouldn't build an ice skating rink in my backyard because now and then it dips below freezing in Austin.
But short. Even Edinburgh, Scotland had an 87 degree this past summer but that doesn't mean you should build a pool for the odd warm day, just like I shouldn't build an ice skating rink in my backyard because now and then it dips below freezing in Austin.
At least in the case of southern Quebec and southern Ontario, the equivalent to a swimming pool in their climate, relative to the ice skating rink in Austin would be that you'd have to have over 100 days a year in Austin where you could actually use the ice rink to skate.
This is my guess. That and people in Quebec tend to be significantly more physically active (personal observation) compared to anywhere else in NA. The people here who have pools barely ever use them, whereas it's the complete opposite in Quebec.
Hmmm.
My friends from Quebec when visiting BC always comment on how much more active people seem here, not only in Vancouver, but BC in general.
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