Same when I went to school in Germany. That said, the public pool I went to feel into disrepair a few years ago and got shut down because the community couldn't

Same when I went to school in Germany. That said, the public pool I went to feel into disrepair a few years ago and got shut down because the community couldn't fund it. I'd estimate the nearest public pool now to be 30 minutes away which probably means no swim lessons for kids now. It's interesting how that's deteriorated because my school even used to have its own pool till a few years before I attended. So the town went from at least two pools in the 70s to zero now. The area also used to have multiple seasonal, outdoor pools in the 60s and 70s all of which were gone by the 90s. Everyone got richer, but we cannot have these small communal delights anymore.