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That's a shame. I recall last summer seeing some dedicated and well-wetsuited people swimming much closer to town, along the concrete shoreline to the north of
by contingencies 2y ago
That's a shame. I recall last summer seeing some dedicated and well-wetsuited people swimming much closer to town, along the concrete shoreline to the north of Ohio Street Beach.
- Kon-Peki 2y agoThat's the difference between the city and the suburbs. Swimming in the city is fine if a lifeguard is on duty. https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/beaches https://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks-facilities/beaches Swimming in the Great Lakes is very dangerous, especially if you are not familiar with the behavior of the lakes. https://glsrp.org/statistics/ https://glsrp.org/statistics/
- torstenvl 2y agoSwimming in the Great Lakes is not dangerous at all. They account for 14 drowning deaths per year out of 4500 across the country. That's a quarter of the annual U.S. drownings in the Atlantic despite having more U.S. coastline.