HOA’s are very useful. They stop people from not mowing the yard for months, parking boats in driveway, cars on blocks in the front yard, giant campers on the street, putting up junky shed’s and cheap chain link fence. We have an HOA and it does wonders to keep your property value up. If you don’t like HOA’s don’t move into a place that has them, as for me, they work. Sure, they can be run by jerks, but ultimately they will get ousted.
Our home values went UP when the HOA was disbanded. Homes sell faster with “No HOA” in the advertisement.