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Readers' Choice: Swimming Pools

Rate your favorite place to take a dip.

Last week, you the reader chose as serving up the best Latin cuisine in Montgomery Village. The chicken-centric eatery nabbed seven votes, while second-place was shared by El Carbonazo and Tortacos (four votes each).

This week, we turn our attention to the wellspring of so much of Montgomery Village history and culture: swimming pools.

When the Kettler Brothers transformed a cluster of farmsteads into what was in the 1960s a pioneering planned community, they made sure Montgomery Village would have plenty of places to take a dip. Now, with spring on the horizon, this seems as good a time as any to ask: Which is your favorite?

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Maybe your decision on the pool itself. Or maybe you’re moved more by the . Or maybe you just like the short walk there and back.

Here are the choices:

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  • Apple Ridge
  • Stedwick
  • Watkins Mill
  • Whetstone

(Before you sticklers out there get riled up, yes, we know Upper County pool isn't actually in Montgomery Village per se.)

The coming weeks will bring more "Readers’ Choice" contests that highlight businesses and things to do in and around Montgomery Village. Though we love a heartfelt debate as much as anyone, the underlying point of all this is to get a dialogue going about our Village.

So whatever might compel your vote, tell us in the comments section. Share a fond memory. Upload photos of sunny poolside smiles from years long past.

Because this poll is not scientific, it's not the only factor in choosing a winner. The winner will be determined by the Patch editor, based on poll results and reviews on . Please vote only once per survey.

The poll closes at 9am Friday.

Click "Nearby" in the upper right corner of the site to view this week’s "Readers’ Choice" in our surrounding Patch towns.


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