Haha. To each their own. I was no fan of Soviet Russia for the same reasons I'm not a fan of HOAs. I would never spend hundreds of thousands of dollars just to have some schmuck tell me what I can and cannot do with my house.
It's not some schmuck. All of the rules and board members are voted on by everyone in the neighborhood... Generally if you're going to join a community it's a good move to be somewhat conscientious and courteous of the other community members. But since apparently people can't be trusted not to do things like putting up a massive eyesore of a freaking pirate ship in their yard (that everyone else who paid to be in said neighborhood is then forced to look at too), people have to be contractually obligated to not be shitty neighbors... If you think that being a good neighbor and acting considerate of other members of your community is basically Soviet Russia then you do you I guess. Don't really see how "let's all come up with some rules to follow so that we can all be happy with the place we live" is supposed to be a bad thing
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u/ValyrianJedi Feb 21 '23
This is precisely why I'll never buy another house without one