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A free house that I can use forever without restrictions sure sounds a lot more like freedom than buying a house with significant restrictions on how I can use
by skrtskrt 4y ago
A free house that I can use forever without restrictions sure sounds a lot more like freedom than buying a house with significant restrictions on how I can use it.
- jodrellblank 4y agoThe more important point in the analogy is that people who buy houses aren't in prison. The other important point is that a house free house forever without restrictions doesn't exist - you're still beholden to zoning laws, fire safety laws, environmental regulations, you couldn't use the house as a meth lab or fly kites from it into restricted airspace, or broadcast from it into restricted radio bands, or a thousand other things. And for your own self-interest you want to keep it clear of insects, keep the roof waterproof, keep the floors from collapsing, etc. Then it becomes a lot clearer that there are tradeoffs around amount of effort needed, amount of money spent, amounts of freedoms, with many reasonable choices for different people and use-cases, rather than the implied binary choice.
- teddyh 4y agoMost people seem to know that HOAs are troublesome and should be avoided, though.
- sigstoat 4y agoHOA homes seem to sell fine. average people don’t give a shit about this sort of thing.
- throw10920 4y agoNo, almost every single person (8-10?) that I've talked to about buying a house in the past year mentioned HOAs, and almost exclusively negatively, too.
- sigstoat 4y ago> every single person (8-10?) ...wow. and yet, despite that, they're still selling.
- skinnymuch 4y agoHow does that mean people don’t give a shit?