It is a choice-I live in a rural area where all lots are a few acres and no HOA, because I choose to do so-raised in the country, i do not like to live in cities a mere few feet away from a neighbor I may not like or want to be around-but I don’t call a fellow conservative an idiot because they like living in a city or burb with an HOA-that would just be arguing over geography, and it makes no sense-I’m not a Karen-live how you choose, where you like-HOA, no HOA, rules and restrictions, or none and neighbors with any building/livestock/home-based business they want, like things are out here...
My 1st hubby and I lived in a neighborhood in a burb that had an HOA-that was about 40 years ago-both of us were ranch kids, so we felt crowded and watched the whole time-we sold that house in a couple of years, moved further out where there was no HOA, no burb-I haven’t lived in a city or a burb-and no HOA-since-but I’m not the type who gets the rat’s ass over what my neighbor does with his/her own property-not my business as long as a major crime is not being committed-like murder-and it helps to have the neighbors an acre or two away, across a nice 6-7 ft. game fence. The only thing you have to do to get along here is mind your own business unless asked for assistance...
Well we live in a small subdivision on a 1200 acre lake. Beautiful 1.5-2acre lots with 300-400 feet of shoreline.
Median house is 3/4 to 1 mil and we can’t afford people doing blatantly stupid things like building a pole barn etc.
It would be akin to putting and outhouse in your front yard and real estate value would suffer substantially.