The people who run for office in HOA’s are generally (not always, but often) the worst sort of petty tyrants always looking for ways to cause grief for their neighbors.
When we bought our house, I specifically told the real estate agent: NO HOA’s are even considered. He understood..............
Proverbs 20:3 - [It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
1 Peter 4:15 - But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.