We put out the call, "Tell us your HOA horror stories", and you came back in your millions. Okay, your dozens. Okay, nearly a dozen. The issue was courage. How could people report on the hell they were living without incurring the wrath of their homeowner association condo-complex captains, who ruled members daily lives, from where to place their garbage bins, to what color to paint the doors of the homes they owned, to whether they could park in their own driveway?
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In a way, the whole HOA is a sucker’s game set up by a collusion of developers and local governments