Dear Hoa's

[Rider]

Originally Posted by RACER X

my parents would put your generality to shame...........lol

they are the low brow in a $300k + neighborhood (w/ some houses going for over $1mil). they are the one's w/ the mediocre yard and shat everywhere in the garage. but then again they paid off the house in 3-4yrs, and the neighborhood has like a 25% foreclosure rate for houses sold.

We don't have that kind of range. We are all generally in the 3-400K range. There are neighborhoods with that kind of diversity but those generally don't have HOA's.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by RACER X

my parents would put your generality to shame...........lol

they are the low brow in a $300k + neighborhood (w/ some houses going for over $1mil). they are the one's w/ the mediocre yard and shat everywhere in the garage. but then again they paid off the house in 3-4yrs, and the neighborhood has like a 25% foreclosure rate for houses sold.

No kidding, I hate these "keep up with the jones'" douchebags. They are the reason we are in this housing mess to begin with. You have to buy a fancy house in a fucked up HOA and out run your means. Let's see, you successfully collapsed the market and fucked up the property value for everyone even more than someone's messy garage ever will.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Rider

Nope I honesty don't care about people leaving garage doors open in my neighborhood. We don't have any such rule about it but we don't need it because the garages look good. Nobody in out neighborhood needs to mail letters to anyone. We could do away with the HOA because everyone is respectful. We keep the HOA because you never know who might move into your neighborhood. Were not snobs at all. We just have a financial interest in keeping our houses looking nice. Someone could drive a Hyundai and because they keep it in showroom condition means they are a snob? Then neither are we. I want my house to look nice and part of it looking nice it that the neighbors keep their house looking nice. If you drove a brand new car would you park it between 2 nice looking newer well kept cars or between 2 piles of rusted out shit boxes? If you say the newer cars then that makes you a snob just the same.

Dude the fact that you have to state that you have the "nicest yard in the neighborhood" and think cars outside a garage are ghetto are two very very big indicators in your snobbery.

As for your example, you haven't seen my war battered civic. I will park it next to anything and hope it gets crushed. I got insurance.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Trip

Dude the fact that you have to state that you have the "nicest yard in the neighborhood" and think cars outside a garage are ghetto are two very very big indicators in your snobbery.

As for your example, you haven't seen my war battered civic. I will park it next to anything and hope it gets crushed. I got insurance.

My point is that if you buy something nice, no matter what is costs, you want to keep it looking nice. It doesn't make me a snob it just means I like to keep my stuff looking nice. I drive a 12 yo car but you know, it's kept up. I don't need the newest latest vehicle. I don't have a cell phone and just finally got an Ipod this year. I don't try to keep up with the Jones, I just take care of the shit I have.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Rider

My point is that if you buy something nice, no matter what is costs, you want to keep it looking nice. It doesn't make me a snob it just means I like to keep my stuff looking nice. I drive a 12 yo car but you know, it's kept up. I don't need the newest latest vehicle. I don't have a cell phone and just finally got an Ipod this year. I don't try to keep up with the Jones, I just take care of the shit I have.

Someone having a car in their driveway is not your stuff. The house down the street is not your stuff. Projecting your standard is a different story than maintaining your things to your standard.

[Fleck750]

Originally Posted by LeeNetworX

We live in a great neighborhood up here. We have an HOA, but most people address any issues with each other directly. I've not heard of anyone getting a notice from the HOA, etc. Someone usually has a big party every now and then, or we'll do a cul de sac party in front of our house, etc. Organized poker nights for the guys happen every so often.

One guy I've ridden with a couple of times invited everyone in the neighborhood to his house for a 40th birthday party for his wife - he had live music, 2 kegs, everyone brought food and drinks, etc. Must have been 150+ people there. It was pretty cool, even when people started singing kareoke LOL. On Friday or Saturday nights, it's not uncommon to walk the dogs and come across an impromptu gathering in someone's driveway.

Everyone is friendly with each other, everyone watches out for one another, keeps an eye on their place if they are away on vacation, etc. I know about 1/2 of the people in our neighborhood on a first name basis. I've never lived in a place like before. It's awesome. It's a shame most can't be like this.

That's what I grew up with. 7 houses in a court. All families moved in within 3 years of each other. 5 out of seven still live there, all widows in their 80's.

I thought it was normal to have parties with your neighbors in the summers, and rarely knock on a door to go inside to play with your friends.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Trip

Someone having a car in their driveway is not your stuff. The house down the street is not your stuff. Projecting your standard is a different story than maintaining your things to your standard.

I'm not projecting MY standard. People who move intro our neighborhood do it willingly. No one is forced to buy a home there. So we are all like minded and want to look after our investment. I don't try to enforce my rules on anyone who doesn't live in my neighborhood. It's their house and they can do what they want with it.

You don't have to live in a trailer to be trailer trash. We are just keeping those types of people out. A home is a huge investment and I expect my home to raise in value not go down because someone feels it necessary to paint their house pink or have 5 rusted out shit boxes on blocks in some manner of disrepair on their driveway. I guarantee you if you had a neighbor who let his house go to shit and it affected the value of your house, you'd be pissed.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Rider

I'm not projecting MY standard. People who move intro our neighborhood do it willingly. No one is forced to buy a home there. So we are all like minded and want to look after our investment. I don't try to enforce my rules on anyone who doesn't live in my neighborhood. It's their house and they can do what they want with it.

You don't have to live in a trailer to be trailer trash. We are just keeping those types of people out. A home is a huge investment and I expect my home to raise in value not go down because someone feels it necessary to paint their house pink or have 5 rusted out shit boxes on blocks in some manner of disrepair on their driveway. I guarantee you if you had a neighbor who let his house go to shit and it affected the value of your house, you'd be pissed.

lolz, do you even read what you type before you type it? You aren't projecting your standard on others, but you expect people in your neighborhood to be up to your standard. That would be projecting. Saying a car sitting in the driveway is ghetto is also projecting your standards. You are a snob, just admit it.

Actually I wouldn't give a damn, I would rather live out in the country in a cheap double wide with my neighbors firing guns randomly and rusted cars in the yard. That wouldn't bother me in the slightest. I have lived there before. Only reason I live where I do is because of my wife. She's a snob too.

[Trip]

Back to the original topic, I think it's hilarious that this is happening. I hope more homeowners refuse to pay and pull guns on these people. We are suppose to live in the land of freedom and we should defend our property.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Trip

Only reason I live where I do is because of my wife. She's a snob too.