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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-21-06 04:18 PM
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22. thanks for reminding me why I choose to live in bad 'hoods
even when I could have chosen to live in nicer areas with clean streets and no grafitti. I prefer to clean up trash thrown carelessly than have to deal with a bunch of pucker butted proto Fascists over every nagging little detail regarding the appearance of my house, the state of my vehicle (old and unwashed), whether or not my flowerbeds are weeded, etc.

There are other advantages to the 'hood with a bad rep: professional thieves leave you alone and kids with screwdrivers are easy to defeat; plus, you tend to get a lot more living space for the same money you'd shell out in a "nice" area full of hall monitor types.

Nothing has ever sent me running from a lease or purchase agreement faster than the dreaded word, "covenant."

Be afraid, be very afraid.
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  -People who live in condo committees are PRIMED for fascism Patiod  Feb-21-06 03:52 PM   #0 
  - That' why I will never live in one...  MadMaddie   Feb-21-06 03:53 PM   #1 
  - Tax deductions on the mortgage interest  Juniperx   Feb-21-06 04:00 PM   #7 
  - Touche.....  MadMaddie   Feb-21-06 04:16 PM   #21 
  - If they sign the "CCR's" (Codes, Covenants and Restrictions) then  SharonAnn   Feb-21-06 05:27 PM   #40 
     - You are absolutely right!!!!!  DrDan   Feb-23-06 02:41 PM   #77 
  - Ha! that is nothing, a neighbor of mine was cited for:  FLDem5   Feb-21-06 03:53 PM   #2 
  - Condos are not the only place like that - the suburban Mc Mansion villes  liberal N proud   Feb-21-06 03:56 PM   #3 
  - I was stunned that this happens in McMansion communities  Patiod   Feb-21-06 03:58 PM   #4 
     - Oh - you can hang a flag - but only on National Holidays  FLDem5   Feb-21-06 03:59 PM   #6 
        - Live just outside of one of those communities  liberal N proud   Feb-21-06 04:10 PM   #18 
  - One guy had a motorcycle and didn't know they were forbidden  Dr.Phool   Feb-21-06 03:58 PM   #5 
  - He should have read the regulations...  Juniperx   Feb-21-06 04:01 PM   #10 
  - Such regulations should be illegal. n/t  kgfnally   Feb-23-06 12:37 PM   #56 
  - This should have been disclosed to him prior to buying  trixie   Feb-21-06 05:13 PM   #37 
  - the problem is usually the type of person the winds up on those boards  unblock   Feb-21-06 04:00 PM   #8 
  - I live in a community that has an association  Midlodemocrat   Feb-21-06 04:01 PM   #9 
  - but in gated communities, the streets are private - we have to pay  FLDem5   Feb-21-06 04:03 PM   #12 
  - My community isn't gated.  Midlodemocrat   Feb-21-06 04:05 PM   #13 
  - Don't know where to insert this but this thread reminds me of this:  Sequoia   Feb-21-06 04:14 PM   #20 
  - I remember that episode!  MountainLaurel   Feb-23-06 12:31 PM   #54 
  - We have gates, have private roads, but the buses go all over  LostinVA   Feb-21-06 05:10 PM   #36 
  - Condominiums are not all gated. Mine isn't.  CottonBear   Feb-23-06 12:31 PM   #53 
  - uh, did you really lose $75k BECAUSE of lack of an association?  unblock   Feb-21-06 04:05 PM   #14 
  - Essentially, yes. This is why  Midlodemocrat   Feb-21-06 04:12 PM   #19 
     - what i'm saying is that there are usually other factors  unblock   Feb-21-06 04:20 PM   #24 
        - Well, interestingly, what started the landslide to my loss is  Midlodemocrat   Feb-21-06 04:24 PM   #26 
           - there ya go.  unblock   Feb-21-06 04:33 PM   #28 
  - Word -- that's why I'm in one, too  LostinVA   Feb-21-06 05:08 PM   #34 
  - well that's why you have your lawyer look it over and strike language  sui generis   Feb-21-06 04:02 PM   #11 
  - You can't just have CC&R language that you don't like stricken.  Shakespeare   Feb-23-06 01:08 PM   #66 
     - They aren't of record until your signature is on it too  sui generis   Feb-23-06 01:44 PM   #72 
        - No, they're of record as soon as the subdivision or multiple housing plan  Shakespeare   Feb-23-06 02:08 PM   #73 
  - I manage shared-interest communities. Been doing this work  DURHAM D   Feb-21-06 04:06 PM   #15 
  - Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner! You are spot on.  CottonBear   Feb-23-06 12:34 PM   #55 
  - As a member of a condo board, I agree with all.  Inland   Feb-23-06 01:09 PM   #67 
  - I know a person who lives in a condo and she told me  Sequoia   Feb-21-06 04:06 PM   #16 
  - true but then false  trixie   Feb-21-06 05:20 PM   #38 
  - Ah they monied gentry  mongo   Feb-21-06 05:31 PM   #41 
  - No, again you have it wrong  trixie   Feb-21-06 06:19 PM   #44 
  - Condos are not apartments. Condominium is a form of legal ownership  CottonBear   Feb-23-06 12:46 PM   #58 
  - That's not a nice comment. I own a condo. I'm a homeowner.  CottonBear   Feb-23-06 12:39 PM   #57 
  - It's not just in Condos. In Wauwatosa, we actually do have block captain  HereSince1628   Feb-21-06 04:06 PM   #17 
  - thanks for reminding me why I choose to live in bad 'hoods  Warpy   Feb-21-06 04:18 PM   #22 
  - Phrase of the day: pucker butted proto Fascists !!!  Lars39   Feb-21-06 04:24 PM   #27 
  - Although the community I grew up in had one good covenant  Patiod   Feb-21-06 05:01 PM   #31 
  - Damn Warpy  mongo   Feb-21-06 05:38 PM   #43 
  - Mongo, I just saw your post after I posted mine  MindPilot   Feb-23-06 02:23 PM   #75 
  - Warpy this has got to be a red-letter day!!  MindPilot   Feb-23-06 02:16 PM   #74 
  - Flag flying. House colors. Interior space reconfigurations.  Gormy Cuss   Feb-21-06 04:19 PM   #23 
  - On my block of city real estate...  Hell Hath No Fury   Feb-21-06 04:48 PM   #29 
     - There is no style sheet for my neighborhood either.  Gormy Cuss   Feb-21-06 04:57 PM   #30 
     - Pink flamingos RULE!!!  Hell Hath No Fury   Feb-23-06 11:49 AM   #46 
     - Me too!  Cats Against Frist   Feb-21-06 05:06 PM   #33 
        - One of the developments my sister lived...  Hell Hath No Fury   Feb-23-06 11:59 AM   #48 
  - Am I The Only One Who Finds This Analogy Beyond Absurd?  OPERATIONMINDCRIME   Feb-21-06 04:22 PM   #25 
  - Silly it is,  Gormy Cuss   Feb-21-06 05:05 PM   #32 
  - It is absurd. I say pooh on the original post. n/t  CottonBear   Feb-23-06 12:24 PM   #51 
  - No, you're not alone. I've been living in a condo complex for 18 years  OmmmSweetOmmm   Feb-23-06 12:58 PM   #63 
  - The poster on post 61 thinks we're repressed. I think not. n/t  CottonBear   Feb-23-06 01:03 PM   #65 
     - Repressed? lol! Extra! Extra! Condo rules are usually no different from  OmmmSweetOmmm   Feb-23-06 01:40 PM   #71 
  - No. I have no complaints about our condo arrangement  CabalPowered   Feb-23-06 02:49 PM   #78 
  - I love condo living but...  trixie   Feb-21-06 05:09 PM   #35 
  - Ridiculous. If you choose to participate in a cooperative and everyone  mondo joe   Feb-21-06 05:22 PM   #39 
  - sure it is  WoodrowFan   Feb-23-06 11:58 AM   #47 
  - So true  mongo   Feb-21-06 05:34 PM   #42 
  - I'm not gentry. I can't afford a single-family home in my community  CottonBear   Feb-23-06 12:26 PM   #52 
  - All Too Funny- All Too True  Clara T   Feb-21-06 06:26 PM   #45 
  - It isn't just in Russia that people are stunned by HOAs  MadHound   Feb-23-06 12:16 PM   #49 
  - As do I  eggman67   Feb-23-06 12:55 PM   #60 
  - That's not true. I live in a condo townhome. It's what I could afford.  CottonBear   Feb-23-06 12:24 PM   #50 
  - How nice for you. Really.  kgfnally   Feb-23-06 12:56 PM   #61 
     - I am not repressed. I chose to buy my home and I enjoy living there. n/t  CottonBear   Feb-23-06 01:02 PM   #64 
     - No, repression is...  eggman67   Feb-23-06 01:14 PM   #69 
     - I"m sorry, but you are completely full of shit.  Inland   Feb-23-06 01:16 PM   #70 
  - there is no fucking way I would be in a "homeowners association"  snooper2   Feb-23-06 12:53 PM   #59 
  - We have friends who live in a condo. Their homeowners'  atommom   Feb-23-06 12:57 PM   #62 
  - posting messages critical of condo committees is FORBIDDEN  leftofthedial   Feb-23-06 01:11 PM   #68 
  - I have to agree...  bleedingheart   Feb-23-06 02:31 PM   #76 
 

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