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HOA's really aren't that evil. Here's the benefit: You know those neighborhoods where every home has a truck on bricks out front? Where you're trying to sell yo
by mmaunder 11y ago
HOA's really aren't that evil. Here's the benefit: You know those neighborhoods where every home has a truck on bricks out front? Where you're trying to sell your home but the guy to the left and right of you have let their garden go? HOA's solve those issues.
We live in an HOA and the people are super chill - we're busy working to build a nature walk through a communal area.
Yeah they can get a little gossipy and there are as many horror stories as there are bad neighborhoods in the country, but in most cases they actually help, especially for lower income neighborhoods. My in-laws live in a more rural area with an HOA and while they're always complaining about the gossipy nature of it, the alternative is clear: A few blocks outside the HOA some guy has turned his front-yard into an actual motorcross track and tears it up on weekends with dirt bikes.
- bane 11y agoI had a case recently with a neighbor running a business out of their home. At one point they had 30 customer vehicles parked out in the street and around the neighborhood. In my previous HOA-free area, we had a similar problem but had no recourse except to try to convince the county zoning commission to be bothered to do something -- we eventually had to move as the local homes each had 10-20 vehicles parked out in front. In my current HOA neighborhood I sent an email and made a phone call and the problem was solved in a couple weeks.