Re:Is it also worth the drama? (Score 1)

Actually, the solution is to limit population growth via immigration. No offense to immigrants, my partner is one and I'm about to become one in another country, but our prosperity and increasing population (over 300 million this year) will be our undoing. We don't have the resources for this growth, unless we pave over the rest of the parks, forests, etc., and build cheap housing. That said, those who are here need somewhere to live they can call their own. HOAs belong in condo complexes, not SFH neighborhoods. I live in California and if I'm going to pay $500,000 for a tract house, I bloody well will do as I please with it and expect my neighbors a) to be OK with that; and b) do the same, whatever the impact on my property values. Fair is fair.