Cost is one reason. The city can build 10 baseball fields for the cost of one pool.
Christopher Connelly / KERA News
Lake Como Park Pool was closed in 2009, and the city has since filled it in and covered it over with grass. The remnants of the kiddie pool are the clearest sign of the community swimming hole that used to be here.
From KERA:
If Texas’ major cities were ranked by the availability of public pools, Fort Worth would be dead last.
The city has just two public pools for its more than 870,000 residents, though it is working out deals with partners like the YMCA to increase resident access to swimming facilities. Nearby Dallas has 20 public pools. Austin has 40.
How the city ended up with such a dearth in swimming holes is a combination of history, budgets and timing.
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