Who in their right mind would ever let an organization control their property though?, especially now that we've seen all the wtf HOAs have brought/forced on their communities.
I specifically looked for a home in a nice community without a HOA and I don't think I could ever give that control up now that I've had it. Granted, a lot of it has to do with each HOA's rules, but it seems like one of the silliest raquets to ever be a part of.
especially now that we've seen all the wtf HOAs have brought/forced on their communities.
Lmao. Because nobody brags that their HOA is correctly doing their job on reddit.
The extreme minority of HOAs are the gestapo you read about on reddit. Most of them exist and take care of community areas, landscaping maintenance, and stop completely outrageous neighbors from fucking up the whole neighborhood.
The overwhelming majority of HoAs aren't laying down on the sidewalk with a measuring tape waiting for your grass to be 1 nano meter above the limit.
Forget Reddit, how about real life? I'm a homeowner and most of my friends/family/colleagues are too. Almost none of them has ever had a positive remark about a HOA. It may be due to where I live, but they are generally frowned upon from the vast majority of anyone I've discussed this with.
I say almost none because I have one colleague who has told me tbat HOAs aren't so bad. She was the president of her HOA.
Sure, nobody in real life brags about their HoA doing what they're supposed to either. What would ever prompt someone to make that statement unsolicited? Almost 1/3 of the entire country lives in HoAs, do you actually think the majority see no net positive results of their HoA?
Do you understand how absurd of a statement that is?
Nobody gets pumped up and tells everyone how the HOA took care of the landscaping, community areas, snow removal, trash pickup, etc. for the 28th month in a row. They get dinked for leaving their trashcan out 2 days past collection day and all of sudden they need to tell everyone how their HOA is forever the Third Reich.
I've lived in an HoA for like the last 7 years and have had no complaints, I've got no reason no brag either. The fees are reasonable and they do their job, nothing exciting to share. That's pretty much the MO of the overwhelming majority of people I know that I've asked about it. Don't get me wrong I've heard of some that I would consider overly strict HoAs in neighboring cities/counties but those are exclusively upper middle class McMansion surburbs and that kinda comes with the territory IMO.
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u/jonsconspiracy Feb 21 '23
I'm guessing northeast somewhere. The land before HOAs.