• average650@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Got it. HOAs get bad press for requiring every house to look the same, but the basic function they serve also includes preventing stuff like the above. How far they go depends on the HOA, but one that just prevents egregious stuff like the above isn’t fundamentally different from one that requires near uniformity.

    I just ask because lots of people hate HOAs, but this is one big reason they exist.

    • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      I think it’s the difference between principles and practices, and ultimately, the way people become small minded and ruin everything…

      They’re good in principle, but people get controlling, or agendas develop, etc. Not sure how one balances that properly. I guess it’s partly exacerbated by the cultural extreme that Americans take freedom to (I’m not from the dis-US). Maybe the neighborhood as a committee would work better than one or two power couples?

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        1 year ago

        I can certainly agree with that.

        Maybe the neighborhood as a committee would work better than one or two power couples? That just means being involved in the HOA, which would certainly help curb many problems, but its work, and understandably, most people don’t want to do that.

        I suppose you could build into the charter limitations which can’t be exceeded without a certain percentage of the entire HOA agreeing? Not sure.