Here we go again. Another petition against HOAs.

[KJ3N]

In theory.

In practice, what happens when it turns into a tradeoff between buying into an HOA, or buying into a depressed area? Seems like it's a pattern that feeds on itself.

What's a "depressed area? The homes aren't new? More than 20 years old? The first house I had was probably 10-15 years old. The second was at least 60 years old. The current house (pictured below) was built in the mid to late 50s.

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I didn't know I lived in a depressed area. Thanks for pointing that out.

[KB3LAZ]

What's a "depressed area? The homes aren't new? More than 20 years old? The first house I had was probably 10-15 years old. The second was at least 60 years old. The current house (pictured below) was built in the mid to late 50s.

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I didn't know I lived in a depressed area. Thanks for pointing that out.

Hum..If you do, does that mean the housing costs are uber cheap? Want a new neighbor? Looks like a nice area.

[W2NAP]

What's a "depressed area? The homes aren't new? More than 20 years old? The first house I had was probably 10-15 years old. The second was at least 60 years old. The current house (pictured below) was built in the mid to late 50s.

thats just it YOU might be lucky to find a "nice" area. but many others dont have that option.

lets say you have 60k to spend and you live where I do. you also want internet so your stuck with cable/dsl (cause ya aint going to be doing much on dial up) so out in the country around here is out since you will get no internet. so you are stuck with city. you want no HOA so you can play radio. guess what. that leaves out all the nice places. (ie newer homes) so your stuck with the old city.. guess what hope you love that you will be living near section 8 thugs who will steal your shit. maybe even kill you for the dollar in your pocket. but you can play radio! course wont do you no good if all your radios get stolen or you end up dead victim of homicide. now if you find a nice city well now your stuck with a lot where you are unable to put any real antennas up. cept maybe a 2 meter stick.

[KC2UGV]

In theory.

In practice, what happens when it turns into a tradeoff between buying into an HOA, or buying into a depressed area? Seems like it's a pattern that feeds on itself.

I did not buy my home in a depressed area, and I have no HOA and no CCRs on my deed.

[k1oik]

HOA should be done away with. lets have some real freedom!

Freedom to blight the sight lines of others because in ham radio it is all about me

[W2NAP]

Freedom to blight the sight lines of others because in ham radio it is all about me

hey im standing up for not only the ham. but the backyard mechanic the metal scrap collector the guy who wants to paint his house purple with pink stipes the guy who dont want to buy gas to mow his yard so he gets some goats!

[n2ize]

Freedom to blight the sight lines of others because in ham radio it is all about
me

Much ?

[KK4AMI]

Much ?

Good Grief, I can't keep 4 lines untangled, how does he do it?

[kb2vxa]

I remember when this issue came before the FCC and what eventually came out of it was PRB-1 which is simply a set of guidelines some fools believe has the power of law. Not being a layer I can't point out existing law (Constitutional?) but the FCC has a legal reason for not getting involved, the law prohibits meddling in private agreements and contracts. HOA rules are a private contractual agreement so the FCC took a hands off stance so what makes Homer think Congress has power to supersede a private agreement any more than the FCC has?

Oh hey, I see Tux isn't the only metal head with a BC Rich guitar.

[N7YA]

Maine is going to be cake as homes are hard to sell there, you get a couple of acres in the right place, at least the places and homes we've been looking at...but here in Vegas, different story. I am embroiled in an HOA situation right now, not because of the Inverted V in the backyard, but for a missing plant in the front yard. The only issue is that its not missing, theres been a plant there for a long time...but i just keep getting these fine notices of $50 a pop for repeated violation. This is after 2 people from the property management and an HOA board member came out and met me to walk the yard, they physically SAW the plant. The old guy from the HOA was an insufferable bastard, old and grumpy. He walked around the yard like a military officer doing an inspection, but i know my shit with this stuff and he didnt scare me like he wanted to (he was starting to piss my wife off, though, i had to step in and take over a couple of times, dont mess with an island woman). The other two were cool and didnt want any trouble. I have high rez pictures of the Lantana flowers i put in there, and copies of everything, im not paying any fines. They sent me another notice before about "securing the cable on the side of the house"...thats my coax, so i did, they had no idea what it was for. I sent the pics and compliance letter by registered mail, but they dont communicate to eachother down there.

The point being, most of these HOA buzzards dont know their ass from a coffee cup, they just like to meddle and nitpick without any real knowledge of how things work, what they are or what its used for. I knew i would have to have an antenna that could come down in a hurry. I know i am in violation, but so are most of the houses on my street for one thing or another. We knew what we were in for, we accept that the HOA is a part of the deal, and we are also over it. We are putting our house up on the market next year and moving out of state when it sells. No more HOA's for us, we learned our lesson.