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Lynnmor wrote:
Does this really belong in America?

Really Sad

Yes, yes it does.

A group of people have decided to live a certain way, restricting certain things. As long as those restrictions don't cross certain laws, regulations, and rights, they are legal.

If you don't want to live with those restrictions, DON'T MOVE THERE.

When wife and I were looking for our first house, we knew our lifestyle would not conform to the vast majority of HOAs, so we DID NOT BUY A HOUSE IN A HOA. Sorry I "yelled" there, but I don't know why people just don't get this. This is the USA, you have choices.

My sister and her husband have always lived in condos / HOAs. They LOVE it. The property is taken care of, the buildings are maintained, and -- get this! -- they KNOW and UNDERSTAND the restrictions! Shocking, isn't it?

I have very little compassion for people who seem to intentionally buy a house in a HOA and then cause problems after they move in. Many (probably most, if not all) of the stories I've read like this have "the other side of the story", and it usually doesn't reflect well on the person complaining.

If you look at it from the opposite way: A person moves into a restricted HOA, and then decides that everyone else has to conform to what he wants. Why is the new person in the right, when he is trampling on what other people want and have agreed amongst themselves to live with? Why do the "rights" of this new person supersede the "rights" of the other people?

Okay, off my box. I need another cup of coffee...