HOAs can be a good thing. They prevent your neighbor from painting his house purple, or parking a giant boat in his front yard.
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As one of those evil people who painted their house purple, I think HOA’s are for jerks who need a better hobby than getting their undies in a wad over decor differences. I’m all for keeping people from letting their property turn into a trash pile, but there’s a line that gets crossed when people start to nitpick over crap like basketball hoops in the front or house color. HOA’s are all too often run by conservative Nazi’s with nothing better to do than make sure their neighbors are following the “rules.”
