To: C. Edmund Wright
OTOH, without a HOA, you can wind up living next door to someone with a washing machine in the front yard or with people sacrificing goats in the backyard. And don’t think that the police will help - they hate getting involved with this stuff - and don’t think that just living in a “good, upper-income” neighborhood protects you from this either.
13 posted on
02/15/2015 9:28:17 AM PST by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: The Antiyuppie; C. Edmund Wright
“OTOH, without a HOA, you can wind up living next door to someone with a washing machine in the front yard or with people sacrificing goats in the backyard.”
That is what the pro-HOA folks said when we disbanded the HOA. 3 years later, there are no polka-dot houses, no washing machines in the front yard (zoning violation) and no one has offered any goats as a sacrifice to anyone.
Lots of folks HAVE spent money fixing up their homes or yards, though. It is easier to do than when the HOA BOD used the “Anything goes for people we like, and nothing goes for people we dislike” rule of approving upgrades...
18 posted on
02/15/2015 9:34:50 AM PST by
Mr Rogers
(Can you remember what America was like in 2004?)
To: The Antiyuppie
well yes, I mentioned that other hand.
To: The Antiyuppie
So the purpose of an HOA is to control what other people do on their own property. Got it.
20 posted on
02/15/2015 9:35:51 AM PST by
GeronL
To: The Antiyuppie
with people sacrificing goats in the backyardHEY! Just because I slaughter chickens, goats, and pigs in my back yard doesn't make this a bad place. ;)
/johnny
To: The Antiyuppie
you can wind up living next door to someone with a washing machine in the front yard Gated communities put washing machines in their front yard?
27 posted on
02/15/2015 9:43:42 AM PST by
cornelis
To: The Antiyuppie
OTOH, without a HOA, you can wind up living next door to someone with a washing machine in the front yard or with people sacrificing goats in the backyard.You don't need an HOA to stop idiots from ruining your property value or the quality of your life.
Simple,
common sense regulations at the local level will keep most of the scumbags at bay.
33 posted on
02/15/2015 9:49:31 AM PST by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: The Antiyuppie
That was a seriously yuppie-like post. I think you should consider changing your screen name.
79 posted on
02/15/2015 10:56:48 AM PST by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: The Antiyuppie
OTOH, without a HOA, you can wind up living next door to someone with a washing machine in the front yard or with people sacrificing goats in the backyard.
The washing machine sure as heck wouldn't bother me at all. It's his land. The goat thing? Well, most places aren't zoned for livestock.
151 posted on
02/15/2015 1:38:35 PM PST by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
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