>You have to choose to either rely on your neighbors being decent, or suffer through life under an HOA. Local Governments traditionally played this role. Probl

>You have to choose to either rely on your neighbors being decent, or suffer through life under an HOA. Local Governments traditionally played this role. Problem is that some people hate governments simply because they are governments so they make private governments. I guess that makes sense to them? In my (non HOA) neighborhood leaving shingles on your lawn comes with a $100/day fine. The people who were cleaning out the house next door to me (they inherited it) were leaving piles of garbage outside. I saw the blight officer leave a notice in their mailbox and the garbage was gone the next day. (I assume it was a warning rather than a fine, but idk.)