> Even in areas where it's not practical to find a home with no HOA Which is quite a lot of them; there are cities where you're unlikely to find anything reaso

> Even in areas where it's not practical to find a home with no HOA Which is quite a lot of them; there are cities where you're unlikely to find anything reasonable in city limits. > the vast majority of them are low maintenance Most HOAs can become worse on a moment's notice depending on who has power in them, because most people (reasonably) don't want to spend the energy fighting in bitter ridiculous politics.