No homeowners' association exists or enforces rules to make any "city look nice". Period. Homeowners' assoociations exist in planned communities that are designed from the start with deed restrictions, etc so that certain uniform standards will exist for those who CHOOSE to purchase such a deed restricted home in such a planned community.
They may be townhomes in a certain colonial style with a certain color shingle and siding. If you like the look, buy it. If you want to paint yours orange, purchase from another developer or homeowner elsewhere.
Such rules may have been used in extreme cases to make someone take down a flag or something stupid like that, but for the most part the rules exist because those who BUILT the place set it up that way and no one should buy into a planned community if it happens not to suit their style.
Most importantly, homeowners associations have absolutely zip zero nada to do with illegal aliens, DUI laws, Rudy Giuliani or the governing of NYC.
ROFL! I knew it! Now you try to justify your little utopia. Unvelievable. Those rules were put in place to make everything “pretty”. And if you think you can avoid these places, check out California! Good luck! Whether it is an Association, or nanny-state laws, or crazy city zoning restrictions, private property rights are being taken away every day.
You can have your hero Giuliani. Some of us have looked at his record and know him as a liberal authoritarian.