South Common Pool

"Large free public pool with attentive lifeguards and bathrooms with showers and changing rooms. There is no shade and the location is rough, but the pool is always full of happy children and a great community resource. Don’t come if you have exacting standards because this facility will not meet them."

"The pool it self is amazing but the lifeguards are a bit to strict. My 2 year old goddaughter was running and these lifeguards had the rude nerve to scream at her as if she understood. I proceeded to explain to them how she will not understand what they are saying to her . they then proceeded to tell me that they do not care and its none of their business if she cannot understand what they are saying . So what is the point of saying it ??? this pool has straight crackheads shooting up and fighting outside the fence, Definitely don’t want my 2 year old to see that."

"First things first, I'm only giving it one star simply because it was something to do. It would be a wonderful pool if the life guards that were on duty today were replaced with better trained and friendlier ones. I felt as though they were blowing their whistles for the sake of not having to get up out of their chairs. They were rude and a bit dispassionate as it pertained to the interaction with the people at the pool."

"Good pool, excellent life guards, trash people. Over the course of the three hours we were there, three fist fights broke out in the parking lot. We were with a 10-year-old and didn't feel safe having her there anymore. I know some assumptions are going to be made here, so I will just clear them up, yes, if you guessed the trash people were white, you were right. One was complaining about going to jail next week so she, "doesn't care if she takes a beating". Other than that, our in the pool experiences were great. The life guards gave our kid a swim test and a "swim number" so she could join us for laps in the deep-end. We hung out in the middle section for a while with other kids her age, all the kids were nice, playful and polite. If they can keep these disruptive people from the pool area and parking lot it would be a lot nicer and safer for people with kids trying to get in a swim on a hot day."