It is 1 billion percent the norm around me. I personally have been fined for three different basketball hoops in two states by boomer ass HoA board members. They (boomers and HoA’s alike) are literally the anti fun police.
It’s not really a choice when accounting for location and affordability. Sometimes it’s HOA or renting forever… or renting in an HOA if you’re truly damned.
This is not the norm. And quite frankly, I’m tired of people stating it as if it was.
BE the change you want in your city. Get informed. Get active, not reactive.
It is 1 billion percent the norm around me. I personally have been fined for three different basketball hoops in two states by boomer ass HoA board members. They (boomers and HoA’s alike) are literally the anti fun police.
I got a hoop. Kids from blocks around played on it. City shut it down.
What city did you live in?
“Why are you setting up mosquito attractors? You don’t have a bug zapper.”
“To keep those nosey HOA dipshits from hanging around the edge of my property looking for things to complain about.”
“That’s not nice…”
“No, it’s not. But it’s legal.”
At least it’s not bear lure.
Why do you choose to live in an HOA?
Most new build neighborhoods in the last 2-3 decades are part of an HOA. Finding a house not contractually part of one is not the norm
It’s not really a choice when accounting for location and affordability. Sometimes it’s HOA or renting forever… or renting in an HOA if you’re truly damned.