I remember the Duck Dynasty episode where the brother got all hot bothered about a restriction that he went to the Board meeting and when it was pointed out he agreed to the restriction in the original contract he said “uh alright” and left.
Yes! There are horror stories with HOAs.
But a big blue box in the front yard is not a horror story. If you want to be a kook, move out in the country.
Imagine someone joins the military and is stunned when they learn they will have to do pushups.