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I don’t understand how people are happy even when buying. The vast majority of homes I see being built around here have pretty much zero yards. How can anyone b

• reactordev 3y ago
  Kids don’t play outside anymore. The more room you have for their screens the better. /s It’s an issue all around the United States. That and HOA’s. HOA’s had originally been a good thing (help a community pool together resources to pay for services the city can’t afford to provide). Things like paving, trash, landscaping, etc. Now, people see it as a business that they can run a “neighborhood” and charge $400/mo for each dwelling under their control. Add that to mortgage and insurance and some people end up having to pay more vs renting in the same area. Most people who commented here that they moved further out to afford the space is pretty much the status-quo since 1960. Push people to the burbs. Jack up the city price. “Don’t worry, there’s always another sucker”.
  • RoyalHenOil 3y ago
    HOAs were never originally a good thing. From their very beginnings in the early 1900s, they served to exclude racial and religious minorities from buying homes. These racial/religious covenants were only struck down in 1968 with the Fair Housing Act. But because HOAs still get to investigate, interview, and reject prospective buyers, many of them still discriminate unofficially. As a consequence, some minorities (e.g., Black people) are underrepresented in HOA neighborhoods.