Obviously some ,even here,are not comfortable with freedom.
The amount of freedom someone enjoys is largely a function of the population density around them. If someone highly values traditional American freedoms they need to stay away from high population density areas. Someone that chooses to live in a skyscraper has to give up owning a barbecue, stereo system, gun, a normal sized dog, and tolerate being surrounded by communists in 3 dimensions. The need for HOAs starts in higher density suburbs and gets worse from there.