What is HOA?

Home owners association. Theoretically they exist for homeowners to collectively make neighborhoods they live in a better place, but in practice they often devolve into orgs led by busybodies drunk on power who harass homeowners just trying to live their lives the way they want.

And to clarify, by “harass”, we mean stupid shit like “your grass is 1 inch taller than the mandated limit, mow it today or we’ll fine you $200”, “your trash bins are visible from the street on a non-trash day, that’ll be $50”, or “your house is painted a different color than the entire rest of the neighborhood because we’ve determined the only color your house is allowed to be is a yellowed beige. Repaint your whole house in the next week otherwise we’ll charge you $50 a day until you do.”

Which is exactly why I will never live in an HOA-run community.