I have a swimming pool at my house. It was great fun the first year, but it's gotten boring as time goes by and it can get real expensive to keep up. If I had to buy another home, I'd get one where I could go to a neighborhood pool and not own one myself.
I have a personal pool at my house, I just actually got it installed not too long ago, heater and all too. Though it's pretty costly to operate the heater 24/7 so I'll only really turn it on during the hot days during the year to help keep the running cost down.
we have a pool in our house and when we first moved in i saw it as the best thing ever, felt superior cause i had a pool. The excitement lasted about 6 months before we stoped using it, haven't even gone in it for the past 3 years.