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HOA's can actually work really well, they just seemed to have taken a horrible turn somewhere in the USA. "HOA"s in South Africa are called "Sectional Titles",
by zo1 2y ago
HOA's can actually work really well, they just seemed to have taken a horrible turn somewhere in the USA. "HOA"s in South Africa are called "Sectional Titles", and they're pretty reasonable. They allow for (if you ask me) more efficient use of common resources (garden services, security, etc). Do they have politics, drama and the occasional Karen? Of course, but every grouping of individuals has that as it's just human nature.
- __MatrixMan__ 2y agoI'd be ok with something like that, but I think I'd need neighbors who were interested in having common resources in the first place. Where we've got it wrong is that only thing we have in common is a shared interest in how the market perceives us, and since markets are batshit crazy, we end up doing crazy things like maintaining a lawn in a drought just for the aesthetics of it. If there were actually something we had in common, like I dunno a lathe or something, there would be something with practical considerations around which to anchor HOA policy. (bias note: I don't live in an HOA, but my friends seem to hate it an I'm offended by the lack of character/sense in the HOA-governed neighborhoods that surround mine.)