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It's not that bad, the vast majority of people in an HOA like being in one. Always remember: If it's in the news it's not the norm. Whatever you hear about a c
by ars 2y ago
It's not that bad, the vast majority of people in an HOA like being in one.
Always remember: If it's in the news it's not the norm. Whatever you hear about a country via the news is the opposite of what that country typically is.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoI’m in an HOA and they’re pretty fine. Mostly focus on snow removal and keeping people from parking their nine hundred snow mobiles in the guest spots. We meet once a year to vote on crap. Key is to not have a group of people with nothing better to do.
- gibolt 2y agoThe problem is that you have little control into when one of those people infiltrate the board. Most HOAs start with no issue. It is only after someone new joins that the rule enforcement becomes insane or the big pot of money vanishes.
- bradfa 2y agoThis can be solved by having all members vote and not just the board.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> solved by having all members vote and not just the board Yup. I can’t imagine what an HOA would need to be doing to meet monthly, let alone delegate decision making to a board.
- kasey_junk 2y agoThe problem is people talk about HOA like they are some monolithic thing. There are HOA that are only responsible for maintenance of the subdivision sign all the way up to ones responsible for multiple skyrise condo buildings.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> HOA that are only responsible for maintenance of the subdivision sign all the way up to ones responsible for multiple skyrise condo buildings The latter is simply incorrect. Condo associations and co-op boards are separate creatures, in part due to there being an existential necessity to their existing. (You can't have people dismantling structural members their unit abuts.) HOAs are far more voluntary in nature. That said, I agree that we need a better framework for distinguishing those functioning as direct democracies from those where an elected board gets to appoint itself powers.
- kasey_junk 2y agoWhen people talk about them colloquially and dig in you’ll frequently find them being commingled.