Houston’s like that. It’s the price we pay for being an unzoned city.
I love my hometown and don’t want to move. All our family are within an hour of us.
I can sure understand why you wouldn’t want to move away from your family. Guess you have to take the good with the bad then. I’m thankful that we don’t have issues like that where we live.
Good luck on your house hunting. Is it possible that some HOA’s aren’t as nit-picky as others? Years ago my sister lived in a home that was under the rules of a HOA. They couldn’t even leave their garage door open unless they were taking something in or out of it.