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'We were being bullied in our own home': How 'authoritarian' HOAs are contributing to the insect apocalypse (www.livescience.com)

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[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There are reasonable HOAs, you just dont hear about them. Plenty of them are just entities that exist to pay for care of common grounds. I lived in a place with one that just handled trash pickup, and a community pool.

I know multiple people that have them exclusively for road maintenance through their neighborhood. If that gets expensive, it's just direct evidence that your community has sprawled too much.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

They're one entitled boomer away from being not reasonable

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

That's what the bylaws and legal representation are for.

Source: On a laid back board fighting to displace one entitled boomer.

The real problem with HOAs is that sane people don't WANT to be on the board. If you let people who want to fuck with the neighborhood on the board, that is what they do. Everyone here who lives in an HOA, doesn't like it, and hasn't at least tried to sit on the board is a hypocrite IMO. It's not like it's a full time (or even a part time) job.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

They're reasonable until they're not and then you're stuck.

[–] evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, I suppose that's all down to what power has been granted to them. I certainly wouldnt buy a house where the HOA has power over what you do on your own property. That's why you dont buy a house without reading all the documents.