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I never said that all groups were equivalent, only that they are similar. Book clubs have rules, and if you violate them they will punish you. Very likely the p
by db48x 2y ago
I never said that all groups were equivalent, only that they are similar. Book clubs have rules, and if you violate them they will punish you. Very likely the punishment will be limited to not inviting you back, but that is because book clubs are very informal. HOAs are formal, and are formed for the specific purpose of regulating the use of property, particularly common property. Thus it should be no surprise that they do so.
- kashunstva 2y ago> regulating the use of property, particularly common property I don’t think anyone would argue with their regulation of common property; it’s their petty interference in private property that’s the rub.
- db48x 2y agoRemember that everyone disagrees about what is petty and what is not. Take the current article: some would argue that requiring a vehicle (such as the boat) to be parked in a place where it cannot be seen from the street is petty, and that the HOA is petty for having such a rule. Yet many many cities and towns across America have similar parking rules. They were put in place by a reasonably democratic process, so it must be that there is a fair amount of disagreement over whether they are petty or not. You have the same recourse in both cases: vote, join the local government, or move somewhere less petty.