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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Surely you knew there wasn't an HOA when you bought the home.[/quote]

Yes, we knew there was no HOA. And?[/quote]

Then you knew you couldn't control what other people would build.[/quote]

Most in this neighborhood didn’t realize that the county zoning office would approve a monstrosity like this. What everyday citizen gets deep into zoning to figure out that the county would allow a 3 story Motor Lodge to be attached to modest cape cod?[/quote]

Then I guess you were negligent and failed to do your due diligence...[/quote]

To be honest, this is the first time in my 15 years in this neighborhood that this has happened.

It was more a “didn’t know what I didn’t know” situation for me personally.

Again, the complaints were filed by the neighbor with the knowledge of many others. When the answers were coming back that it was within code/had been approved, most were resigned to it, though still not happy about it.

That violations had been found by the county was a bit of a surprise/break for everyone.

That’s it. Call me and my neighbors whatever you wish, I guess. While we bought in a non-HOA neighborhood, we thought the county wouldn’t allow something so utterly monstrous and bizarre. And, we didn’t think our neighbors would do something so obnoxious, either. Very naive of us, in retrospect.[/quote]

I guess that makes sense. My general understanding is that most people know that if you want housing conformity, an HOA is for you. If you want control over your property and are good with your neighbors’ potential noncomformity, non HOA is good for you. HOAs have architectural committees that can approve for style. Counties apply objective criteria based on municipal ordinances that don’t tend to prioritize aesthetics. [/quote]

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