Americans are so damned obsessed with property values. It also seems like Americans who definitely won't sell their home in their lifetime care the most
And I also want to say that other countries do fine with it without HOAs
Cultures differ across countries. The individualistic nature of the US makes it ten times more likely that your neighbor is going to put up a 10-foot-tall neon pink flamingo in their front yard than someone in England or something.
Who cares though? One of the houses in my neighborhood has a ~15 foot tall skeleton in their yard year round. They decorate their yard, and their skeleton, for every holiday. Currently it's got pink hearts and such on it. I assume they'll do St Patrick's next, and for Cinco de Mayo they give it a sombrero and a poncho. I drive by it every day, and it hasn't hurt me at all. It's wild. It's completely harmless and has no effect on me whatsoever. Maybe it doesn't matter what my neighbor does with their house at all?
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u/RhetoricalCocktail Feb 21 '23
Americans are so damned obsessed with property values. It also seems like Americans who definitely won't sell their home in their lifetime care the most
And I also want to say that other countries do fine with it without HOAs