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You do not have the freedom to choose an HOA, only the freedom to move somewhere else. Unless you define "freedom" as "not held captive", I don't think that really counts.

A fun John Oliver video on how corrupt HOA's are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrizmAo17Os

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I think HOAs are dumb, but who had ever been forced to buy a home that’s part of an HOA?

It's not a force, it's a choice. When we bought our home every home built in the area in the last 40 years had an HOA. The only non-HOA choices are basically taking a giant gamble on how terribly the previous owners updated it to modern standards, instead of buying something built with modern plumbing and electrics. So sure, the HOA was a choice. But it was forced.

according to the video, that would be 80% of those buying a home today.

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