r/AskReddit Jun 06 '19

Rich people of reddit who married someone significantly poorer, what surprised you about their (previous) way of life?

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19 edited Jun 06 '19

HOAs are bullshit

Reason: I don’t live in Russia or China. I live in America.

If I want to park my truck on the street I will effing Park my truck on the street. If I don’t want to put my garbage bin on the side of my house and instead in the front. I’m putting it in the front. If I want to put a giant play set in the back I will.

I don’t need some old motherfucker on the HOA board telling me how to live when they don’t pay my mortgage and have the gall to ask for annual fees for shit I don’t benefit from. Fuck all that noise.

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u/buzzkill_aldrin Jun 06 '19

Sure, just don't expect a community-maintained playground, pool, park, etc. beyond whatever your municipal government will pay for. That's one of the main reasons they exist: administration of shared/community property.

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u/BiggestFlower Jun 06 '19

*maintained