>> By joining a HOA, you've delegated away to the collective the right to dictate to your neighbors what they can and can't do with their own property.... > Bu

>> By joining a HOA, you've delegated away to the collective the right to dictate to your neighbors what they can and can't do with their own property.... > But outside of that structure, what gives someone the right to dictate to their neighbors what they can and can't do with their own property? The fact that you live in close proximity to them so many of your activities can affect them, and that it's only by communal agreement that you even have "property" at all.