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On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:21:02 GMT, Pat Meadows
<pat@meadows.pair.com> wrote:

>Well, I live in a place NOT subject to a HOA and we don't
>see crappy built metal sheds that are rusting, trash all
>over people's yards, or broken down cars littering yards
>either.  
>There are millions of other pleasant, well-maintained, tidy
>neighborhoods in the USA not subject to HOAs also.  
>
>So, the credit for a pleasant, well-maintained, tidy
>neighborhood cannot be given to the HOA.  
>
>I don't know exactly what factors contribute to a
>well-maintained neighborhood, but I suspect they are many
>and complex.

	You omit the name of the place (no doubt wisely, in
view of the number of crazies on this group) -- but might
say whether it's legally a town. Towns in VA do have
ordinances, including ones meant to keep up appearances, and
enforce them.  If you pitch the "news"papers that keep
getting delivered, unpaid, to clutter your lawn, try
glancing through the headlines for a few months. There will
be articles on old eyesores being condemned and eventually
razed. Not often, but it does happen. And with a hammer that
big in reserve, the authorities who do exist in the legal
towns may quietly persuade property owners to conform, using
much gentler means of persuasion.

	Those who live in such towns -- most of America, as
well as most of VA outside NoVa -- have little need for
HOAs, and may indeed get by with $10/yr for block BBQs or
whatever. The authorities' salaries etc. come out of
property taxes.


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