I similarly despise HOAs. I've never actually been threatened by an HOA and most people I know that have an HOA have relatively benign ones, but the concept and the concentration of power outside of official government is frightening to say the least.
In contrast, my current neighborhood does not have an HOA but we do have a "neighborhood association" that's entirely voluntary and mostly exists to support a collection of streets with activities, clean up drives, etc.
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I similarly despise HOAs. I've never actually been threatened by an HOA and most people I know that have an HOA have relatively benign ones, but the concept and the concentration of power outside of official government is frightening to say the least.
In contrast, my current neighborhood does not have an HOA but we do have a "neighborhood association" that's entirely voluntary and mostly exists to support a collection of streets with activities, clean up drives, etc.