We had a above ground pool for 10 years at our old house. We got the pool for our kids. We decided on an above ground so we could get rid of it when the kids got older if we wanted to. Well, as it ended up we spent more time in the pool than the kids. We loved the pool. We recently moved and looked only at houses with inground pools. We have now have an inground heated saltwater pool with automatic vac. I'm not sure of the dimensions but it is quite large with a diving board. We have to do very little to take care of it. We hook up the vac, check the autopilot to make sure we have green lights and take in the water to be tested every two weeks. We opened it the first week in May. So far, so good. We are doing less to take care of it than our above ground which was a Fantasea (similar to a Kayak.) If you can afford it and love to swim, as we do, go for the inground. Ours was installed by The Pool Company and that is who we deal with and they have been really nice and helpful.
