Homeowner's Associations

[Yoshi]

Sniping squirrels as past time FTW.

Isn't that a squirrel in your avatar? Or just something that a squirrel eats?

[Dolemite]

Hub- I guess I don’t have this shit where I live, 'cause I don't know what you're talking about. Who are these assholes and why do they have any power over people at all?

[OGcritic]

I was on a jury in a cival case here in california, where some lady sued the city, and her HOA for not keeping the garbage area clean enough in the townhouse community she lived in (she slipped and fell). Even though we didn't find in favor of the lady, the HOA a pretty slimey being (inculding the lawyer they hired). Although most new upscale neighborhoods have them now. So if you ever want to live in a nice community, then you have no choice other than to be apart of one.

[icarusfall]

Homeowners associations are horseshit. One of those ladies had my car booted at my old house because I hadn't updated my sticker the day after they changed them.

I broke her car windows and the sliding glass door of her house.

[Hubbitron]

Hub- I guess I don’t have this shit where I live, 'cause I don't know what you're talking about. Who are these assholes and why do they have any power over people at all?

They are in charge of keeping the the neighborhood safe and orderly. In reality its a perfect "abuse of power" job for the kid that was picked on in high school and the best part is every tenant PAYS DUES to them for doing this.

[Dolemite]

Okay...but who gives them this authority? Are they law enforcement of some sort? Elected officials?

[Wildkat]

Considering your neighbor can have a huge effect on your property value, that sounds awful.

Um...Puerto Rico?

Homeowners associations are horseshit. One of those ladies had my car booted at my old house because I hadn't updated my sticker the day after they changed them.

I broke her car windows and the sliding glass door of her house.

Shit, a bolt cutter to the lock or a cutting torch to the boot, leaving it in a pile of scrap on her doorstep wouldve been smarter.

Okay...but who gives them this authority? Are they law enforcement of some sort? Elected officials?

They are usually elected by the neighboorhood, but often become overun with bored micro-managing housewives or Nazi-like retired people.

I used to deal with this crap alot when I worked installing satelite dishes. These associations would often try to stop residents from installing dishes, but its actually against the law for them to do so. I had one particular old cunt yell at us when we were putting a simple 18" DTV dish up on a house once, the house's owner came out and ripped her a new one.

[Dolemite]

Elected by the neighborhood, huh? But how much authority do they actually possess in a legal sense? How can they tell you where and when to park your car?

This sounds really fucking annoying.

[George]

In Garden City you can't have a car parked out on the street past 2am. Even in front of your own house...I found that out the hard way

[Dolemite]

Land of the free...home of the brave.