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The restrictions are created by a single private property owner (the developer) because he believes that people will pay more for some semblance of control and conformity.

I don't understand why anybody would ever want conformity, especially conservatives. I see these subdivisions that are made up of street after street of perhaps 5-10 different house layouts all using 3-4 different paint schemes and it just reminds of something you'd see in China.

No purple houses, junkers in the front yard,

There is a purple house on my block and it's not uncommon for people to park in their front yards as circumstances dictate. We're even allowed to raise chickens for eggs/meat. I live in a city and my property value has more than doubled over the past decade. A 1,000 square foot house sells for well over $275,000 these days, and at one point before the bubble burst a few years ago, $350,000 was not uncommon.

I’d love to see photos of the yards and neighborhoods of the Freepers who swear they’d never live under CC&Rs.

I let my yard turn brown every summer. Hasn't bothered my property value.

In fact, I wish property values in our neighborhood would start dropping - we keep having to pay more and more property taxes as the various taxing entities raise them as much as they are able to do so. I wouldn't care if I had only planned to stick around a few years and cash in on the difference, but this plus our cabin out in West Texas is going to be the last home we buy.

I don’t understand why anybody would ever want conformity...

There is a purple house on my block and it’s not uncommon for people to park in their front yards as circumstances dictate. We’re even allowed to raise chickens for eggs/meat...I let my yard turn brown every summer.

I rest my case.