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.
Imagine someone buys a house near an Air Force base, and is stunned when they hear the jets flying overhead, pilots practicing touch-and-go’s, or, if they’re lucky, practicing on the firing range.