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If I already live in a neighborhood, and HOA tries to claim it, am I forced to become an HOA member? [answer to question]
Quora.com ^ | 2021 | Michelle Clark Miller

Posted on 04/21/2023 5:01:17 PM PDT by daniel1212

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1 posted on 04/21/2023 5:01:17 PM PDT by daniel1212
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I lived under one for 2 decades. Never again.


2 posted on 04/21/2023 5:04:30 PM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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They’re endemic where I live now, unless I wanted to move to the boonies, along with all the javelina, rattlers, scorpions, etc. No thank you.


3 posted on 04/21/2023 5:07:02 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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I have said people need to start anti-HOAs.

These look like HOAs but they have no powers, expressly no way to amend their charters to add powers, no fees as well.

The only things the anti-HOA might do could be rules for a quarterly or so pot-luck picnic ... that way it did SOMETHING so if folks the street over started getting uppity you could say: no thanks, we actually have an HOA of our own.

It would be like incorporating a neighborhood so a nearby town couldn’t gobble it up.


4 posted on 04/21/2023 5:09:58 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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Might as well rent an apartment or condo if one is considering an HOA.

The last thing I ever want is neighbors demanding or telling me to do ANYTHING. No way I’d ever buy into that.


5 posted on 04/21/2023 5:12:18 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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We have one but it’s pretty low key...basically exists to keep the street lights going and maintain the landscaping at the entrance. I bought a small farm property about 90 minute drive from that house and spend 70% of my time there. Built a practice shooting range and shop building and no freaking building codes or neighbors that complain...paradise!


6 posted on 04/21/2023 5:14:48 PM PDT by 6ppc (Democrats would have to climb Everest to reach the level of "scum of the earth")
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We privatized our street once. It was subsequently gated and self sustaining. No schools assigned. No police. No trash collision. No snow plowing. Only electric, gas, and water stayed with the utility companies (right of way is on the deeds). That was my best living experience ever. The property taxes stayed the same, but we cherished the privacy. The county Sheriff had to call one of the residents thru his dispatcher if they needed to ASK for entry.

If you have a street that naturally isolates itself, like up against a state park of near meadows, I highly suggest it. We did keep a law firm on retainer on any and all matters. The same law firm who had two partners on our private gated street. It does somewhat limit resale base of buyers however. It appeals to folks who think different.

7 posted on 04/21/2023 5:16:22 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) We're all Women now.)
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Hopefully as the bottom falls out of the housing market the douchebags in the HOAs will get some comeuppance. Like empty unsold properties bleeding developers dry.


8 posted on 04/21/2023 5:18:22 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: sauropod

I have never lived in an HOA development and have never lived in a condo, and never will.


9 posted on 04/21/2023 5:19:20 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: daniel1212

These people will be the ones to turn us all in when the time comes.


10 posted on 04/21/2023 5:20:49 PM PDT by 03A3 (If we can defund the police, we sure as hell can defund the FBI)
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To: Prince of Space

I’d rather live along with the javelina (good eats, BTW), rattlers, scorpions, etc.


11 posted on 04/21/2023 5:20:56 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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along with all the javelina, rattlers, scorpions, etc

I've lived in those conditions for sixty years. Better than a HOA.
12 posted on 04/21/2023 5:22:37 PM PDT by jy8z (Everything you think, do and say is from the pill you took today.)
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To: ought-six
In the right circumstances with the right people as neighbors it can be the best of times.

On the other hand you need to pick your neighbors. It becomes a legacy and word of mouth community. I've even had neighbors which shared a mansion with three other families. Several kitchens, 14 bedrooms, formal gardens with fountains, elevator, etc.... Always a babysitter and always a weekend party.

13 posted on 04/21/2023 5:29:58 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) We're all Women now.)
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To: daniel1212

No problems with mine.


14 posted on 04/21/2023 5:30:03 PM PDT by plain talk
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Never join an HOA. Never buy a house that already in an HOA. Little Hitlers. Its like high school and cliques and all that BS.


15 posted on 04/21/2023 5:33:08 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Your tagline...how do you know what a woman is?!? :)


16 posted on 04/21/2023 5:35:19 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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One time about 15-20 years ago I started getting emails from a private email discussion group. It was a bunch of people in south Carolina and they were discussing, plotting and planning how to perform a coup against their HOA.

I wrote an email to the group, telling everyone that I wasn’t a resident of their community or even their state. And they were including me in their email discussion. As it turned out, the reason why I was getting their emails was because I shared the exact same username of one of the co-conspirators. But his email domain was email.com and mine was gmail.com. Somehow one of their administrators changed it. They changed it back and I stopped getting their emails.

I do not know how their anti-HOA coup turned out.


17 posted on 04/21/2023 5:36:40 PM PDT by lowbridge ("Let’s check with Senator Schumer before we run it" - NY Times)
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I am mystified why anyone would want to have an HOA. What purpose do they serve other than to control how you live in your own home?


18 posted on 04/21/2023 5:39:54 PM PDT by Flying Circus
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I used to live in empe AZ. There wasn’t an HOA, but the socialists city council acted as if there were.


19 posted on 04/21/2023 5:40:19 PM PDT by Glennb51
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To: Prince of Space

I had a home in one. After lots of bickering over 7 years, the homeowners voted 90:10 to eliminate the HOA. Been a lot more peaceful since then.


20 posted on 04/21/2023 5:43:31 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of feelings, not thoughts.)
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