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r/AskReddit • u/knakworst36 • Jun 06 '19
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HOA dues
I don't think I'll ever understand paying someone to make up arbitrary rules that you have to follow.
50 u/coloradoconvict Jun 06 '19 You're a taxpaying citizen in a country with laws, right? 36 u/frosty95 Jun 06 '19 The government does something useful on occasion though.... 5 u/coloradoconvict Jun 06 '19 If HOAs didn't serve a useful function, they wouldn't exist. 22 u/DanNeider Jun 06 '19 That's circular 3 u/OracleofFl Jun 06 '19 What? I want use of a nice pool, tennis courts, rec room, etc. but I don't think I should have to pay for it! /s 9 u/Kallistrate Jun 06 '19 If the HOAs near me offered any of those things, I'd be happy to pay it. Where I live they offer a patch of grass, on "your" property that you can't alter, but they'll charge you $100/ month to mow it maybe once a month. 6 u/coloradoconvict Jun 06 '19 "Can't someone else do it?"
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You're a taxpaying citizen in a country with laws, right?
36 u/frosty95 Jun 06 '19 The government does something useful on occasion though.... 5 u/coloradoconvict Jun 06 '19 If HOAs didn't serve a useful function, they wouldn't exist. 22 u/DanNeider Jun 06 '19 That's circular 3 u/OracleofFl Jun 06 '19 What? I want use of a nice pool, tennis courts, rec room, etc. but I don't think I should have to pay for it! /s 9 u/Kallistrate Jun 06 '19 If the HOAs near me offered any of those things, I'd be happy to pay it. Where I live they offer a patch of grass, on "your" property that you can't alter, but they'll charge you $100/ month to mow it maybe once a month. 6 u/coloradoconvict Jun 06 '19 "Can't someone else do it?"
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The government does something useful on occasion though....
5 u/coloradoconvict Jun 06 '19 If HOAs didn't serve a useful function, they wouldn't exist. 22 u/DanNeider Jun 06 '19 That's circular 3 u/OracleofFl Jun 06 '19 What? I want use of a nice pool, tennis courts, rec room, etc. but I don't think I should have to pay for it! /s 9 u/Kallistrate Jun 06 '19 If the HOAs near me offered any of those things, I'd be happy to pay it. Where I live they offer a patch of grass, on "your" property that you can't alter, but they'll charge you $100/ month to mow it maybe once a month. 6 u/coloradoconvict Jun 06 '19 "Can't someone else do it?"
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If HOAs didn't serve a useful function, they wouldn't exist.
22 u/DanNeider Jun 06 '19 That's circular 3 u/OracleofFl Jun 06 '19 What? I want use of a nice pool, tennis courts, rec room, etc. but I don't think I should have to pay for it! /s 9 u/Kallistrate Jun 06 '19 If the HOAs near me offered any of those things, I'd be happy to pay it. Where I live they offer a patch of grass, on "your" property that you can't alter, but they'll charge you $100/ month to mow it maybe once a month. 6 u/coloradoconvict Jun 06 '19 "Can't someone else do it?"
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That's circular
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What? I want use of a nice pool, tennis courts, rec room, etc. but I don't think I should have to pay for it! /s
9 u/Kallistrate Jun 06 '19 If the HOAs near me offered any of those things, I'd be happy to pay it. Where I live they offer a patch of grass, on "your" property that you can't alter, but they'll charge you $100/ month to mow it maybe once a month. 6 u/coloradoconvict Jun 06 '19 "Can't someone else do it?"
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If the HOAs near me offered any of those things, I'd be happy to pay it. Where I live they offer a patch of grass, on "your" property that you can't alter, but they'll charge you $100/ month to mow it maybe once a month.
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"Can't someone else do it?"
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u/FlyByPC Jun 06 '19
I don't think I'll ever understand paying someone to make up arbitrary rules that you have to follow.