On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:02:31 GMT, in alt.home.repair, Plebe
wrote:

On Sat 20 Dec 2008 01:46:48a, Too_Many_Tools told us...
I will NEVER..NEVE..NEVER live where I have to deal with a HOA.

Then those of us who prefer some order and civility in our "controlled"
neighborhoods won't have to put up with the likes of you. We should both
be happy! :-)

I live in a 1960s era subdivision with no HOA. It's a pretty nice
neighborhood, most everyone takes reasonable care of their house and yard.

The city has ordinances about the basics, keeping up your yard, not being a
junkyard, not parking on the grass, etc. No nosy nitpicky crap about how
tall the grass must be, what color the house can be, what you can park in
your driveway, etc. There are RVs and boats parked here and there, there's
at least one house painted yellow and purple (that's mine!), yards range
from bowling greens to waterless desertscapes. It's an interesting
neighborhood with lots of variety. I'm OK with how my neighbors keep their
property, and they're OK with how I keep mine. As it should be.

I wouldn't be happy if my neighbors were trailer trash, but they're not. I
also wouldn't be happy with neighbors who NEEDED to have an HOA FORCING them
to act like decent neighbors...mine manage to do it all on their own. I
like that.