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Originally Posted by Rochard
It's funny how some people see the HOA this way. In fact, we have some people in our HOA who feel this way and very vocal about it.
No one "spies" on you, and no one reports you to the HOA. This isn't Nazi Germany. The HOA drives around the area once or twice a week and notes anything out of order. In the past eight years I've been contacted twice, once about Christmas lights still being up and once about having my garbage can being out in the driveway on a Saturday (our garbage day is Wednesday). No fines, no issues, just a little note.
In return I live in a nice neighborhood that isn't a ghetto.
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I suspect their are more onerous HOAs out there compared to yours.
I lived in an HOA neighborhood for almost 10 years (newly built home in a "planned community"). The HOA was laidback like you described. But all in all I would rather live in a normal neighborhood versus a planned neighborhood controlled by an HOA.