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0 pointsdavidw9y ago0 comments

> regulate virtually every aspect of city life is precisely why I live in the suburbs.

You could easily get the same thing out of a HOA in a city with fewer city-wide rules and regulations.

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You are absolutely right about that, I also would never buy a home in a community with a HOA.

Ah, I see what you are saying: you think that suburbs are not planned down to the most minute of details?

I don't know where you live, but I bet if you read a copy of your local zoning code, and have a look at the zoning map, you will probably find that yes, your suburb is very, very heavily regulated, including parking minimums, minimum floor/area ratios, setbacks, uses, and so on and so forth.

Probably less than some HOA's demand, but still a lot of details. I too am not the kind of person who relishes that level of control, but I suppose some people like it.

LordKano9y ago

You raise a valid point. I just looked at my local code book of ordinances and they do cover a lot, including the number of parking spaces by square footage.

In my experience, in a smaller town, these things are primarily used as a weapon to punish otherwise bad businesses.

For example, we had a bar whose patrons became a neighborhood nuisance. They began to enforce the letter of the law for every violation until the bar closed.

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LordKano9y ago

You are absolutely right about that, I also would never buy a home in a community with a HOA.

davidwOP9y ago

Ah, I see what you are saying: you think that suburbs are not planned down to the most minute of details?

Probably less than some HOA's demand, but still a lot of details. I too am not the kind of person who relishes that level of control, but I suppose some people like it.

LordKano9y ago

You raise a valid point. I just looked at my local code book of ordinances and they do cover a lot, including the number of parking spaces by square footage.

In my experience, in a smaller town, these things are primarily used as a weapon to punish otherwise bad businesses.

For example, we had a bar whose patrons became a neighborhood nuisance. They began to enforce the letter of the law for every violation until the bar closed.

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