I’m in an HOA so of course. Can’t paint my home without it going through the HOA board. However, I don’t live next door to a house with a junk yard either.
Can’t see my neighbors so I don’t either.
Same here. My dream at one time, now abandoned, was to own a quarter section (160 acres) somewhere out here in the west. With my setup not visible from off-site. A wife, six kids, three dogs, some chickens, a garden, and a well-equipped barn. Throw in a library, some firearms, and a huge stone fireplace. And some room for a few cars/trucks, some of which might not run. That didn’t happen, so suburbia it is. I don’t like surrendering even a hint of what’s left of my freedom any more than the next guy, but I also don’t want some yayhoo neighbor inflicting himself on me. I’ve run afoul of the HOA a few times, not getting ‘approvals’, but never a problem as the changes were well designed and constructed, and the place is kept up nicely. FWIW, I don’t like my nation’s flag being used for advertising. It’s disrespectful.