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Looks like flock cameras lower property value (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/DeFlock@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 24 points 2 months ago (7 children)

HOA are cancer. I don't understand how anything the HOA does is not a municipal government issue.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Because our country has a weird obsession with "government overreach" and somehow a private entity policing your every move is "more free" than a municipal ordinance.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    It's because the government said let's all get along, and treat black people as humans and HOA's were a legal way to enforce segregation...

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago*

    It allows individuals to harass members of the community they don't like through ticky tack violations that can be selectively targeted at any type of "other." At the inception of HOAs that "other" was usually some type of race, but it can apply to anyone who doesn't conform or just who your crabbiest neighbor might not like because they hate kids or don't like that someone drives a nicer car than them or are just angry at their lot in life.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    The only thing I think is reasonable is in cities like SF, the HoA pays for elevators to operate and usually a full-time security guard(s). Its annoying that if I get a condo that I have to pay an HoA fee (some are insane and basically just rent) but if its reasonable I can see it being worth it.

    But in suburbs? I genuinely have no idea why I would want to be in one. And the fact that youre forced to pay dues just because the previous owner of the home youre trying to buy was in it is wild to me

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    In townhouses, HOA dues typically go to redoing the decks/roofs, trash collection, and landscaping. I kind of get the need for it in this case, since one person neglecting these things could have major implications on the value of the attached units completely outside the other owners' control. HOAs are largely the stereotypical Karen bullshit, though.

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