[The Antiyuppie]

OTOH, without a HOA, you can wind up living next door to someone with a washing machine in the front yard or with people sacrificing goats in the backyard. And don’t think that the police will help - they hate getting involved with this stuff - and don’t think that just living in a “good, upper-income” neighborhood protects you from this either.

[Mr Rogers]

“OTOH, without a HOA, you can wind up living next door to someone with a washing machine in the front yard or with people sacrificing goats in the backyard.”

That is what the pro-HOA folks said when we disbanded the HOA. 3 years later, there are no polka-dot houses, no washing machines in the front yard (zoning violation) and no one has offered any goats as a sacrifice to anyone.

Lots of folks HAVE spent money fixing up their homes or yards, though. It is easier to do than when the HOA BOD used the “Anything goes for people we like, and nothing goes for people we dislike” rule of approving upgrades...

[C. Edmund Wright]

well yes, I mentioned that other hand.

[GeronL]

So the purpose of an HOA is to control what other people do on their own property. Got it.

[JRandomFreeper]

with people sacrificing goats in the backyard

HEY! Just because I slaughter chickens, goats, and pigs in my back yard doesn't make this a bad place. ;)

/johnny

[cornelis]

you can wind up living next door to someone with a washing machine in the front yard

Gated communities put washing machines in their front yard?

[oh8eleven]

OTOH, without a HOA, you can wind up living next door to someone with a washing machine in the front yard or with people sacrificing goats in the backyard.
You don't need an HOA to stop idiots from ruining your property value or the quality of your life.
Simple, common sense regulations at the local level will keep most of the scumbags at bay.

[WayneS]

That was a seriously yuppie-like post. I think you should consider changing your screen name.

[Dr. Sivana]

OTOH, without a HOA, you can wind up living next door to someone with a washing machine in the front yard or with people sacrificing goats in the backyard.

The washing machine sure as heck wouldn't bother me at all. It's his land. The goat thing? Well, most places aren't zoned for livestock.