Opinions on Local Beaches and Swimming Pools

Written by Jennifer Botelho

Tuesday, 28 July 2009 12:14

Recently, I asked several people how they felt about local public beaches and swimming pools. A couple people really enjoyed Salisbury Beach. Fallon Smith, from Cambridge, prefers Salisbury Beach because of the surf and he likes the boardwalk with all of the arcade games. Allen Delva prefers Revere Beach because of similar beach attractions. Antonio Rosa adds, "[I like] Nahunt Beach because of all of the pretty girls.

While some polled preferred public pools over the beach, some, including Rashard Allen, stated bluntly, "I don't like any pools because they are all nasty."

For me personally, I prefer Nahunt Beach over Revere Beach. Nahunt is a better beach because I think it's cleaner in both the water and the sand. I haven't been to Salisbury yet but the way my friends have described it I think I should check it out. I personally think Revere Beach is dirty and dangerous, especially out on the boardwalk. Revere is getting better, though, and it seems much cleaner than it used to be. Revere's boardwalk is better than Nahunt's because they have more attractions like Kelly's Roast Beef and Nona's pizza.

As for public swimming pools, I don't care for them at all because I think the ones in Cambridge is nasty. The Goldstar Pool in East Cambridge is gross and I have heard some less than pleasant rumors about why they close down during the day sometimes. I've heard that the pool in both the War Memorial and in North Cambridge is fun and a bit more sanitary than some of the other ones.

Flickr photo courtesy of Matt Hamel.