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Shocking how quickly peoples opinions change on this stuff when an eccentric next door can lower the value of their own investments
by whywhywhywhy 4y ago
Shocking how quickly peoples opinions change on this stuff when an eccentric next door can lower the value of their own investments
- netizen-936824 4y agoMaybe we shouldn't think about housing as an investment
- adventured 4y agoMaybe we shouldn't try to control people, including what they think, in such an authoritarian manner.
- netizen-936824 4y agoWho's being authoritarian? I'm suggesting changing how we think about housing
- tomcam 4y agoThere’s nothing authoritarian about entering a contractor voluntarily
- tomcam 4y agoAgree completely
- sokoloff 4y agoSince they paid their money to buy the property, they can paint their house whatever color they damn well please, IMO.
- tomcam 4y agoIf there’s an HOA, they probably agreed not to.
- sokoloff 4y agoIf they’re my neighbor, they’re probably not in an HOA. (Though that would be an amusing experience to live in the first property outside the HOA wire.)
- UncleEntity 4y agoOne of my cousins got in to a fight with the neighboring HOA over something (think the developers were trying to force them to sell to own the whole track) so they set out to be as annoying as possible — pink plastic flamingos, broken down cars &etc.
- whywhywhywhy 4y agoI mean I don't think they should be any rules really, I'm just pointing out that a lot of people who would be very free thinking before hand become very "Not In My Back Yard" about it as soon as they have skin in the game.
- tomcam 4y agoWhich is why I no longer live in a place with an HOA