Americans have never been rugged individuals, they just wanna be cops. HOAs are not a thing and I'm pretty sure are even illegal here. Feels like the murica thing would be to say it's your home and therefore castle and it's weird as hell that the same person who will shoot at you for being on their lawn will let some COMMUNITY MEETING BEAUROCRAT tell them how their home should look.

[–] AHemlocksLie@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, it's bullshit, but unfortunately, homes in an HOA are contractually obligated to obey the rules. In at least some cases, failure to comply results in fines that, if left unpaid, can result in the loss of the home as the HOA effectively gets to sell it to recoup what they're owed.

And cities are encouraging them all over the US, so it's getting increasingly difficult to find a newly built home that isn't in an HOA. Cities love them because they raise and spend their own funds to maintain things, which means the city doesn't have to spend tax money to do those things.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

I've had the ins and outs explained before. It's absolutely baffling. I don't even invest somewhere cool like China or Cuba, I'm in America with less embarrassing accents and it's still mind blowing it's allowed, especially somewhere that having land and making it yours is so much a part of national mythology as well as the McCarthyist urge against neighborhood