I'm not talking about banning HOAs, just defanging them. So people who just like being in them wouldn't mind, since they could stay in them. The only people who would mind are those who like forcing all of their neighbors to be in them against their will.
Of course they would mind. The fact that they can enforce their vision of the neighborhood is exactly why people like them.
You make a choice to live in a neighborhood with an hoa. If you don’t like it, leave or don’t buy. Not sure why we should pull the rug out from under those who choose to live their because others would prefer not to.
And I say this as someone who does not live in a neighborhood with an hoa.
> The fact that they can enforce their vision of the neighborhood is exactly why people like them.
I wonder if the love/hate opinion on HOAs boils down to that, i.e. some like forcing others to their way of thinking, and others are very opposed to such things.
I don't think it is about forcing others to their own way of thinking. Rather, I think it is about having a community that works according to one's own vision of the good life.
Some people want to live in Bohemia; some people want to live in vibrant cities; some people want to live in places where all the lawns are nicely manicured and Billy Bob down the street can't have his car up on blocks and Jennifer next door can't have a stream of cars showing up for her private pilates class.
The world is filled with many different kinds of people, with many different visions of the good life. Just because one particular vision doesn't match mine doesn't mean it should be banned or destroyed, or that they are terrible people.
It isn’t popular on the internet, but many people prefer their hoa. So you would be solving a problem that many people don’t believe exist.