• henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    3 months ago

    Problem is they do serve a purpose. Good for home values (in theory). Bad if you actually want to live in your home.

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      3 months ago

      I’ve actually seen that HOAs fared the worst after stuff like the 2007 crash and took much longer to rebound versus non-HOA properties.

      I’ll never understand how banning shit like pickup trucks in driveways has any effect on property values. It’s not like they’re permanent fixtures that persist from one owner to the next.

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        3 months ago

        It’s a mistaken belief that cookie cutter housing is something people actually want as opposed to being something forced upon them since that’s all that’s built nowadays.

        Can’t be cookie cutter if you can see differences in the front yard.

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      3 months ago

      Every time I see a good deal on a house, I notice it is in an HOA. It turns out that people calculate the HOA fee into what they can afford so houses in HOAs have to go for less than a comparable one without one.