That first one really tells you what this becomes: a layer of bureaucracy in between you and your neighbors. And that's just how the busybodies like it, because

That first one really tells you what this becomes: a layer of bureaucracy in between you and your neighbors. And that's just how the busybodies like it, because they're cowards. They don't care about you. Mandatory HOAs aren't about keeping a neighborhood a certain way, they're about taking control over other people's lives. They disconnect us all from each other, they become the go to replacement for neighborhood relationships. And they give the worst of us a cudgel to wield over our neighbors.