I didn't know it started as a way to keep non whites out. That's interesting.

I've lived in a town where people leave broken down cars under chest high grass. Where toilets with a handful of wildflowers planted in the middle counted as a lawn ornament. Ridiculous shit like that. I prefer that to an HOA.

This is hard to swallow. Any type of shared space like condos and townhouses and such require some sort of governing body. I know many towns basically force new construction even houses to do this to because they don't want to pay for roads and garbage and such.