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Reporter @ProPublica. FULFILLMENT: Winning and Losing in One-Click America. "Like Leadbelly says, no use for the bourgeois towns." alec.macgillis@propublica.org

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    Alec MacGillis‏Verified account @AlecMacGillis 25 Jul 2020

    Covid inequities, part XXVIII: while families of means head for beaches, families in Baltimore must register for the public pools online one week in advance. Result: on a sweltering Saturday mid-afternoon, all of 7 kids enjoying this gleaming Olympic-sized pool in East Baltimore.pic.twitter.com/6jmSfJ9Taa

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      1. Alec MacGillis‏Verified account @AlecMacGillis 25 Jul 2020

        A person who knows a lot more about swimming than I do (my wife) informs me that this pool is not "Olympic-sized." OK, then. It's just really big.

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      2. Abby Rosenberg‏ @AHRose5 25 Jul 2020
        Replying to @AlecMacGillis @clivingsbkk

        This is awful, and terribly sad. But I do want to mention how many people of varying means are NOT going to beaches because they are too crowded as well. I don't think this is an economic issue, I think this is a mentality issue. Much to nervous for our regular NJ beaches.

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      3. Abby Rosenberg‏ @AHRose5 25 Jul 2020
        Replying to @AHRose5 @AlecMacGillis @clivingsbkk

        damn, *too nervous

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      1. Joshua House‏ @wanderingyankee 25 Jul 2020
        Replying to @AlecMacGillis

        Houston shut down all its city pools for the entire year. Their swim lesson system is about as awful as the system you're describing here tho.

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      1. Paul Diller‏ @dilleradollar 25 Jul 2020
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        At least there are public pools open. Not allowed in #Oregon's most populous counties, no doubt perpetuating inequities.

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      2. Vaughn Sterling‏Verified account @vplus 25 Jul 2020
        Replying to @AlecMacGillis @zeynep

        Register as in make a reservation for a time slot? And even of slot is open no one can walk up to use it??

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      3. Alec MacGillis‏Verified account @AlecMacGillis 25 Jul 2020
        Replying to @vplus @zeynep

        Correct. Register for a time slot a week in advance. I managed to get my mentee in as a walk-in, but it took 15 minutes of suasion and fiddling on phone. Good luck if you're just your average 15-year-old.

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      1. Music Along The Way‏ @GeoffreyArmes 25 Jul 2020
        Replying to @AlecMacGillis @zeynep

        Here in Berlin, during lockdown we have to register to swim. The site keeps a running total of places available any given day. The pools are popular, used by rich and poor and all grades between alike.

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      2. Alec MacGillis‏Verified account @AlecMacGillis 25 Jul 2020
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        That's nuts. It's one of the safest places for people to be.

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