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Not at all. These kind of HOA are unheard of where I am outside the US. The roads and common properties are maintained by the city/town/village and are paid f
by arlcode 4y ago
Not at all.
These kind of HOA are unheard of where I am outside the US.
The roads and common properties are maintained by the city/town/village and are paid for from the general budget and (sometimes) mandatory fees for concerned properties.
Some laws on appareance are enacted through the usual legislative process and are (usually) not that crazy.
At least I've never encountered a US style cookie cutter suburb.
- wildzzz 4y agoMy parents used to live in a cookie cutter suburb neighborhood with single family homes. The roads were all maintained by the county so they would be plowed for free but the sidewalks were all maintained by the HOA. Common areas were owned by the HOA (pool, basketball and tennis courts, a big multi-purpose field, playgrounds) so those were paid for with dues and with the case of the pool, seasonal pool passes. I live in an HOA neighborhood too but we have much smaller common areas and fewer amenities. Our roads are maintained by the HOA as they are much smaller and have parking spots alongside them. The nice part is that our roads get plowed almost immediately by contractors whereas the county maintained roads have levels of priority with neighborhoods not having the highest priority.
- kube-system 4y agoA significant thing that separates the US from many other countries is that some land (which sometimes is the vacant land where new developments are built) are not within the confines of a city/town/village. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unincorporated_area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unincorporated_area