In our part of WI an inground pool is not very practical and when selling a house it is not a selling point!! I was thinking next yr of getting a blue pool-not a very deep one-just enough for me to sit down and be covered with water up to my neck!! Around here lots of people have ponds-my road is 1.5 miles long and there the next 4 neighbors all have ponds!! Some of these are used by the fire depts to fill their tankers in case of fire close by. If we really need water to swim in we drive to one of my SIL who has a 2 acre pond.