I don't have an HOA but self-police for any extraneous junk or disturbing clutter, since my home is the most prominent house in view for all traffic entering the neighborhood. Nonetheless, the 300TD is always in full display when I'm at home, since the garage is full of other cars. I wonder what the neighbors think...
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 11:11 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > There's no forced segregation here. It's a matter of personal choice. > > There are plenty of areas around me with comparable property values that > don't have HOAs. I will gladly show you through them and let you make the > choice. > > All it takes is one property owner who wants to pull the engine in their > truck in their driveway and you'll get the idea. > > Most of the HOAs around here are pretty benign and deal primarily with > appearance. The higher you go up the scale, the more restrictive they get. > > My neighborhood is hardly an example of "House Beautiful" magazine. It is, > however, neat, clean, and well kept. That's all I'm worried about. > > Dan > > > On Nov 23, 2015, at 10:57 AM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > > They still sounds too much like the "whites only" neighborhoods of the > not > > that long ago past. I should be allowed to buy any property that I can > > afford, and do whatever I want with it once I own it. > > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 10:07 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> Okie Donn sez: I think HOAs are un-constitutional, and need to be > >>> outlawed. Luckily, our > >> airpark is free range. > >> > >> If the HOA was forced on you, you'd be right. However the buyer has to > >> sign off acceptance of the terms, so it is considered self-inflicted. > >> > >> Nobody makes you buy a house with a HOA. (in theory) However, when my > >> daughter bought her house, there was no HOA agreement she had to sign. > >> Fortunately her HOA is pretty benign. This year they worked to get the > >> city and an adjoining landowner to remove a homeless camp behind the > >> backyards of 12 or 15 houses > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > > OK Don > > > > NSA: The only branch of government that actually listens to US citizens! > > > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many > of > > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few > who > > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > > for themselves." > > > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
