To the editor: My husband moved me to the City of Alexandria 17 years ago, saying this was a great place to live and raise our kids, because he believes in the virtue of walkable communities and diversity – especially equity. Well, I have to say that the latter is far from true. Ten years ago, a group of parents got together to petition the city for a regulation competition pool. This was so the T.C. Williams High School students didn’t need to travel 30 to 40 minutes for home meets and to mitigate drowning, and engage children in swimming. In fact, we have a recreation center named after an Alexandrian child who drowned: Charles Houston. For five years Advocates for Alexandria Aquatics visited pools and community leaders, got sponsors and secured $2.5 million for a competition pool knowing that their children would never reap the benefits of the pool. They did it for the love of Alexandria and swim/dive.