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"Brent P" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
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> In article <O4Vxj.562$4m3.208@bignews7.bellsouth.net>, Sanity wrote:
>>
>> "Amy Blankenship" <Amy_nospam@magnoliamultimedia.com> wrote in message
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>>> "Pat" <groups@artisticphotography.us> wrote in message
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>>> On Feb 28, 6:07 am, "Sanity" <sanerthan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> "1100GS_rider" <bmw110...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>> > Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >> there is a law
>>>> >> (not a HOA rule, but an actual city ordinance) which prohibits 
>>>> >> leaving
>>>> >> your garage door open longer than necessary. :)
>>>>
>>>> > That's appalling.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone enlighten me on something? Unless you are working in your
>>>> garage what is the purpose of leaving a garage door open.
>>>
>>> The purpose of keeping your garage open is quite simple.  It's your
>>> garage and you should be able to do as you want.  The purpose of
>>> keeping your door open is that it is your right.
>>>
>>> Amy started another post says "What ever happened to property
>>> rights".  Well, this is exactly what happened.  Somebody thought they
>>> knew what was better for you than you knew yourself, so they stopped
>>> you from doing it.
>>>
>>> It isn't appalling that someone leaves their garage open.  It's
>>> appalling that someone would think that they have the right to tell
>>> you to close it.
>>>
>>> As for "not longer than necessary"; I'd love to see the definition of
>>> "necessary".  I think I'd find a reason to keep it open for weeks at a
>>> time.
>>> ------------------
>>>
>>> I've got to disagree with you.  The purpose of a HOA is so that people
>>> who like to be told what to do and tell others what to do can live with
>>> like-minded people.  They all agreed to it, so if that floats their
>>> boat...
>>>
>>
>> Don't get me wrong. There are a lot of things that are bad with HOA's. A
>> Nazi on the board can make your life miserable. However saying that, 
>> there
>> are quite a few things that are good. Everyone's lawn is kept mown.
>> Driveways clean. Houses painted in acceptable colors. Now, if HOA's are 
>> so
>> bad see how their value is kept better than a stand alone house in many
>> cases.
>> I live in an HOA. This is my 3rd. I knew what I was getting into when I
>> bought the house. I carefully read the covenants and nothing about them
>> irritated me. The builder has some small sites right down the road where 
>> he
>> could put one house on each.   The exact home in my development is worth
>> 30-40000 more than the stand alones. Why? Everything is perfectly 
>> maintained
>> here, no pickups on the lawns, pleasant color scheme, etc.
>> I found in my 3 HOA experiences, the ones that bitched the most are the 
>> ones
>> that didn't read the covenants before purchasing. Whose fault was that?
>
> No retired people with nothing better to do than complain about anything
> and everything? The flowers aren't the right color, the such and such
> work was done wrong, such and such has to be done, the board is full of
> morons, so and so's grass is 3mm too long, so and so's car looks bad, so
> and so's dog is 3lbs too heavy, etc etc endlessly on and on..... I find
> that hard to believe.
>
>
>
That's bullsh-t.  It's not that bad. Have you ever lived in an HOA?