Oh, I am happy… I have no HOA.
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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
HOAs just like unions and governments are as good as the people that involve themselves in them and the less people represented in the democracy the more power you have in it so if you’re not happy then get involved.
TheOneWithTheHair@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
That comment wasn’t pointed at you specifically.
thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
Exactly. You don’t hear about good HOAs because the people who live in them have no reason to discuss it.
TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 8 months ago
True in theory, and while I realize that this is purely anecdotal, in my experience as a contractor, HOAs are invariably a giant pain in the ass to deal with.
What you want as a contractor is a professional property management company that’s used to dealing with construction contractors and is familiar with industry standards and basic reality.
Fortunately I don’t work in residential construction anymore.
CoderKat@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I kinda agree with you. In theory, they definitely are. But at the same time, in practice, the already bad reputation of HOAs seems to attract the worst kind of people. It’s a political position and suffers just like any other political position. The kinds of people who’d be best at it often don’t want to do it because it’s toxic.
ultratiem@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
In my experience the people that “involve” themselves are raging clowns with superiority complexes.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
And they have control because they don’t have opposition from people who aren’t like them… Welcome to politics, it’s the same thing at all levels. Get involved or shut up. You don’t vote? Then you agree with whatever the people who do decided.
explodicle@local106.com 8 months ago
Or just don’t agree, and get a house that’s not part of an HOA. With individual houses at least, you can realistically out out a system where the 51% of Karens accept management company bribes.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 8 months ago
Wrong. Most areas with an HOA require membership to purchase the home.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 8 months ago
So you believe the working class is america is under represented because less working class members vote than the rich voters? “Welcome to politics, it’s the same thing at all levels” That just isn’t how it works is it?
Home owners associations are more accessible to those with more money and more time. Seems familiar doesn’t it.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
No, I believe that if there’s only 20 owners that are involved and you jump in you’re 1 out of 21 voices instead of 1 out of millions of voices so your opinion has more weight to it.