re: What are the pros and cons of HOA?

Mandatory HOAs in shitty DR Horton starter home neighborhoods that want to charge you $300 a year with no community pool or playground are never worth the cost. I don't really care about what color my neighbor paints his house or whether his fence is exactly 5 feet from whatever arbitrary bullshite line you think a fence should be for. And I don't want to pay lawyers to sue my neighbors to put liens on everyone's house. It's mostly a power trip thing for people with little penises who get their kicks from bossing people around and being an anal POS.