> It blows my mind people buy in places with rules like these. What choice do they have? Their job is nearby, and long commutes are not so far off from a priso

> It blows my mind people buy in places with rules like these. What choice do they have? Their job is nearby, and long commutes are not so far off from a prison sentence. Literally hundreds of hours per year trapped in a tiny space that you can't leave. Only so many houses/homes are for sale, and every time a critical mass of busybodies manifests, they can vote in a new HOA which is effectively immortal. They're simply easier to create than they are to uncreate. Until we get where we are today, and you may very well not have any non-HOA choices.