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BeetleB • yesterday at 8:28 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

The idea is supposed to be that an HOA can be more efficient in taking care of problems. The municipality can be underfunded, etc, and take a long time to solve a problem.

In practice, HOAs generally don't do anything useful, though.


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firesteelrain • yesterday at 9:07 PM

Our neighborhood actually saves the County money for property they don’t have to maintain (drainage/swales/mowing/etc) and provides community things like tennis courts, basketball courts, pools, playgrounds etc that the County doesn’t have to provide or maintain. It’s also cheaper for the HOA to do it

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wat10000 • yesterday at 8:47 PM

That’s always the pitch when privatizing government functions. It rarely works out.

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