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Opinion

Can We All Agree We Want a Pool and Then Argue About Car Parks Separately?

A modest proposal from someone who just wants to swim.

Swimming lanes, the dream.

Swimming lanes, the dream. Photo: Tommy Wong, “Girl with swimming board”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

I don’t need to know every feasibility spreadsheet. I need water deep enough for a proper swim and a changing room that isn’t a philosophical concept. Argue about Thimblerow and Glover Street — fine — but please keep the end goal visible: splash, not spin.

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