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absolutely. HOAs bring out the worst in humanity.

• kbelder 4y ago
  We were house-hunting. At one house, we were there just a couple minutes when an older man started knocking at the door. The realtor answered, and they guy started talking about how he was some muckety-muck in the local HOA, and we were parked partly off the driveway in the gravel, and had to move our car. We said we were just inspecting the house, and would be gone in ten minutes, but he just kept repeating that we were breaking the rules, and needed to move our car over. The realtor looked at us and said "ok, you're not interested in this place, right?" "Nope".
  • poolboys 4y ago
    I’ve witnessed a neighbor scream bloody murder at a pair of teenage boys for using the pool, because the age limit is 16 and these boys were only 13. Quite the offense. The same man will speed around every speed bump in the neighborhood, swerving into the parking spaces narrowly dodging parked cars and, on occasion, pedestrians and pets. Retired carpetbaggers with nothing to do and no check-and-balance to their behavior. Ever since that fateful day I’ve pondered just how to setup an HOA to counter such behavior.
    • kelseyfrog 4y ago
      There is likely a bylaws provision for amending the bylaws. It may take a bit of politicking and organizing, but if everyone indeed dislikes this person, there's a chance someone could succeed in amending them to counter this behavior, and that person could be you.
    • throwawayboise 4y ago
      If you live there, run for the HOA board next time they have elections. Get the rules changed.
  • bcrosby95 4y ago
    That's just grumpy old man syndrome. My dad had it. My neighbor has it too - our neighborhood doesn't have an HOA, but he still loves to do all sorts of goofy stuff, including put traffic cones on the street parking infront of his house. I guess the problem with HOAs is they empower these sorts of people with authority.