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pipoman

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11. The only people who live in the upscale neighborhoods who

Reply to Daninmo (Reply #7)

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 12:53 PM

Feb 2013

wish to spend their time driving around with a ruler to measure grass, or micro manage their neighbors are authoritarian busybodies..

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HOA costs community $400,000 fighting "Obama for President" sign [View all] cbdo2007 Feb 2013 OP

How about if you don't want to live under an pipoman Feb 2013 #1

Read the article. These Napoleons went over and above the written agreements and it cost them. n/t FSogol Feb 2013 #3

"Gotta keep your hoa's in check, yo." ...n/t appal_jack Feb 2013 #9

If you don't stand up and say NO sometimes those "Little Napoleons" Drale Feb 2013 #4

that is good as far as it goes. however, in reading the whole story, it seems that the hoa niyad Feb 2013 #5

That's why I chose to spend the same amount pipoman Feb 2013 #12

some hoa's are completely out of control, run by power-hungry little jerks who seem to love the niyad Feb 2013 #2

To be honest, I don't know my HOA rules on signage... Fresh_Start Feb 2013 #6

"Little Napoleons"? Daninmo Feb 2013 #7

Nope. They are the governing board of a private corporation. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #10

The only people who live in the upscale neighborhoods who pipoman Feb 2013 #11

As much as $400,000? Some authoritarian figures overstepped their authority given to them in the AnotherMcIntosh Feb 2013 #8

A not-so-local YuppieCompany avoided the problem completely. Buns_of_Fire Feb 2013 #13

I would live on the street before I would live under an HOA CBGLuthier Feb 2013 #14

That's classic Fairfax, Virginia behavior just1voice Feb 2013 #15

How dumb do you have to be to buy into a HOA community in the first place? Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #16

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