# HOA horror story **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-horror-story/999217 "2024-03-22T19:04:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 52
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-horror-story/999217/52 "2024-03-23T15:22:13Z")
By the way … a very helpful resource run by a great lady – one who covered _my_ HOA horror story at some length: > **[Independent American Communities](https://independentamericancommunities.com/)** > > Consumer Education for Homebuyers, Home, and Property Owners | Exposing Condo & HOA Dysfunction, Corruption, & Abuse Another hopefully helpful post (of mine): > [@Can Someone Opt Out of a Voluntary HOA after signing CC&Rs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-opt-out-of-a-voluntary-hoa-after-signing-cc-rs/952435/52): > > If you also think about the damnable aesthetic sameness of many of these developments, it’s kind of a recipe for disaster. In the early days, the developer benefits from the ‘picture-perfect’ quality of these [little boxes made of ticky-tacky](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUoXtddNPAM) and the elysian, Norman Rockwell-esque existence that they portend. But that sameness makes anything and everything else stick out like a sore thumb: long-ish grass, a different color paint, a basketball backboard over the garage, curtains [EGADS!] instead… Beware the Business Judgment Rule (it exists in OR, too). --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hoa-horror-story/999217)._