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goddfather40 · 04-22-2006, 03:08 PM

Well, where I live I belong to TWO HOAs. There is a HOA for the condo complex, and the whole city where I live is one big HOA. In South Orange County, it is almost impossible to find a place that is not part of an HOA. The result? Beautiful landscaping, no problems with junk cars, etc., no overgrown lawns. But...there is a problem with HOA-hired Nazi parking patrol companys that will tow your car recklessly. My cousin had his car towed even though he "safe-listed" the car (safe-listing is when you call the patrol company to report that you are keeping a car parked outside overnight). Turns out they recorded the license plate wrong. Tough shit they said, and he was out $200+ bucks. When he got a new car and needed a new decal, they needed the DMV records of all three other cars in the household again, even though we sent them in when we first moved in. South Orange County is the nicest and most enjoyable place I have lived, but there is a cost in that a lot of the people are generally pompous assholes and the HOAs control everything about your house.

Marvelous Marv, the HOA thing is definitely not a liberal thing. The areas where they exist are heavily conservative areas. Even though California is solidly a blue state, there are many, many areas of strong conservatism, such as Orange County.

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goddfather40 Llama Location: Cali-for-nye-a	Well, where I live I belong to TWO HOAs. There is a HOA for the condo complex, and the whole city where I live is one big HOA. In South Orange County, it is almost impossible to find a place that is not part of an HOA. The result? Beautiful landscaping, no problems with junk cars, etc., no overgrown lawns. But...there is a problem with HOA-hired Nazi parking patrol companys that will tow your car recklessly. My cousin had his car towed even though he "safe-listed" the car (safe-listing is when you call the patrol company to report that you are keeping a car parked outside overnight). Turns out they recorded the license plate wrong. Tough shit they said, and he was out $200+ bucks. When he got a new car and needed a new decal, they needed the DMV records of all three other cars in the household again, even though we sent them in when we first moved in. South Orange County is the nicest and most enjoyable place I have lived, but there is a cost in that a lot of the people are generally pompous assholes and the HOAs control everything about your house. Marvelous Marv, the HOA thing is definitely not a liberal thing. The areas where they exist are heavily conservative areas. Even though California is solidly a blue state, there are many, many areas of strong conservatism, such as Orange County. __________________ My name is goddfather40 and I approved this message. I got ho's and I got bitches, In C++ I branch with switches -MC Plus+ Last edited by goddfather40; 04-22-2006 at 03:11 PM..