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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Greenbriar is a mess. Has anyone actually driven through it?! Shudders. One of DS's team mates lived there.[/quote]

There is nothing wrong with the neighborhood. It isn’t shiny and new, but it isn’t “a mess”[/quote]

I wouldn't call it a mess, but it looks like a middle middle class neighborhood filled with 1950s-1960s split levels, some of which are quite poorly maintained. People are melting down about architectural cohesion when the neighborhood architecture isn't even nice. [/quote]

It was built in the late 60s-early 70s

What is wrong with a middle class neighborhood?

Are there some properties that aren’t well maintained? Sure. No HOA, remember? [/quote]

Absolutely nothing wrong with it. I’d live there. But it’s extra weird to be shaken up about aesthetics when there aren’t many aesthetics to begin with. It’s not as though this is some luxe enclave with custom homes being totally ruined by an ugly addition (though I wouldn’t consider that a persuasive argument either).[/quote]

Do you think only people who live in a “luxe enclave” deserve to not have out-of-character structures built in their neighborhood? Middle class people don’t deserve to live in a less crowded neighborhood if that’s their choice?
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If you're concerned with subjective aesthetics, and want to substitute your judgement for property owners, then you should have bought a home in an HOA. You knew the risk (and reward) when you picked this home. There are plenty of middle class homes with HOAs, and they're always looking for busybodies to serve on design review committees. You'd have a great time.[/quote]

Well, I’m not sure who you think you are conversing with here, but I already live in a community with an HOA. And we have people who serve on committees who are not busybodies but people who care about their community and are willing to put in volunteer hours on a regular basis to help others. They run a swim team and put on seasonal parties and celebrations for the children in the neighborhood throughout the year. They care about and help other people beyond just their own families. 
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I'm talking about the design review committee. Those are almost always staffed by busybodies until things get so bad that they clean house. Over time busybodies naturally flock back, because it's mostly only retired women that have the time to do it (if you follow the local/state laws, it becomes a much bigger time commitment than serving on the HOA Board), and the cycle repeats.

If that sounds good to you, great! As you probably observed, there are plenty of homes in neighborhoods with HOAs. But some people don't want to relinquish that much control over their own property to a neighborhood cabal, and that's ok, too.[/quote]

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