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I’ve had 2 and they were both far, far more than just overbearing (yes, I realize that I used that word in my previous comment). My first HOA had a pair of elderly sisters that were both on the board that would walk around the subdivision a few times a week with clipboards just looking for anything that they would come at you with. One time they had the board lawyer send me a threat of putting a lien on my property because I had left a pain can on my driveway for a few hours… while I was literally painting a room.

The only people that HOAs serve are authoritarians and people who only think of their home as an investment whose value is more important than anything else. I just won’t play that game anymore.

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WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Respectfully, you’re painting with far too broad a brush. I don’t consider it authoritarian to not want my next door neighbor to turn their front lawn into a junkyard. Again, it really depends on the HOA. I know that goes against the Lemmy party line, but it’s my lived experience and the experience of millions of American homeowners.

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- Malfeasant@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  
  I don’t consider it authoritarian to not want my next door neighbor to turn their front lawn into a junkyard.
  
  That is authoritarian, regardless of how reasonable the desire is. If the only thing keeping your neighbor from turning their front yard into a junkyard is a threat of force, is that a relationship worth preserving?
  
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  - WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    I mean, you can masturbate about all laws, contracts, and agreements being a “threat of force,” but I don’t give such libertarian dogma any credence.
    
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