“Actually, it’s a conservative principle that private owners can put their own rules on their own property (the developer, hoping to attract buyers who value the rules). Moreover, we also agree that governance should be at the most local level possible.”
Actually so its he builder can control the homeowners they’ve screwed until they sell the remaining homes.
HOAs are the pipe dream of the petty dictator. Most people dont understand them or even know about them before signing the contract.
Grown adult people we're talking about here?
Really?
Then "most people" are idiots, and shouldn't even own a home in the first place.