Ted B. wrote:
I know I wouldnt mind having one. It helps when companies buy property in
your neighborhood of $300K homes and try to plop down a $100k home, or
vice versa. Or try to put condos in non-condo neighborhood. or and
apartment complex. or any other number of inconsiderate things.



Yeah, having a $300K home next to a $100K home or a (gasp) condo is a real
tragedy. Let's make a new law stating that all single-family houses should
cost no less than a half mill, and that the purchase of such single family
dwellings can not be subsidized in any manner. Oh wait . . . we've got HOAs
to take care of that. Never mind. -Dave (who has better things to worry
about than whether someone is going to build a BRAND NEW house on the empty
lot next to my lot that is worth half of what my house is worth)



You contradict yourself. If you can put a house of any value next to a
home of any value, why subsidize? Their is a such thing called city
planning. Its how you maintain property values. Especially when your
city/county wants to tax said property.

A neighborhood has a look and feel to it that you bought into. You have
the right to protect that. Home value is very important, you act like
its meaningless.

I personally have better things to worry about. Thats why I would like
an HOA to worry about it for me. Take some time to consider why you
dont see blocks with wildly varying home values.


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Respectfully,


CL Gilbert