tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post1358768586301482152..comments2023-11-05T06:18:25.377-06:00Comments on The Privatopia Papers: How the rise of gated spaces like swimming pools can quietly perpetuate racial tension - The Washington PostEvan McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479661304143631524noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-59183617642028050852015-08-29T11:51:04.992-05:002015-08-29T11:51:04.992-05:00I find these allusions to racism as the basic caus...I find these allusions to racism as the basic cause of the rise in Common Interest Communities offensive. I have been a resident of four associations, one in Nevada and three in California. I have been a professional Community Manager and association board member in both states. My overall experience with such developments covers twenty years. I have never had any contact with an association with racial or related restrictions such as described here. These ideas are fifty or sixty years old and have long since disappeared, if they did exist in fact. Give it a rest!Theohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358738881464090659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-5782315307190226252015-06-15T14:05:40.820-05:002015-06-15T14:05:40.820-05:00Hard to believe that my trustworthy local paper go...Hard to believe that my trustworthy local paper got some facts wrong and constructed others to support the narrative (irony for those not sure). Well at least they do sports well.<br /><br />One implication that I thought should be addressed is the insinuation that the wild expansion of associations was in some way due to Brown v. Board of Education or the civil rights process in the 1950's and 1960's I'm sure that was the case in some circumstance, certainly we still see old associations with restrictive covenants on the books even though they are null and void under federal and state law. <br /><br />Nevertheless, it could not have been in any kind of material fraction of the communities that exist today. Why, because more than 95% of the associations in the US today have been built since 1970. In 1970 there were approximately 10,000 associations and 700 thousand housing units in associations nation-wide. Today there are more than 333,000 associations and more than 26.7 million units in the US.<br /><br />By far the main driver for association development in the US has been $. Lower costs and higher taxes for local governments, increased density and profits for developers, and access to otherwise expensive amenities/resources for potential owners.<br /><br />Hope you and the family are well<br />TomTom Skibahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05359791188930451667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-89860805534075309622015-06-09T01:13:31.660-05:002015-06-09T01:13:31.660-05:00The author of the article seems completely ignoran...The author of the article seems completely ignorant to the fact that local governments have been mandating HOAs for decades. Try finding a place built in the last 30 years that isn't saddled with an HOA.IC_deLighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545064681164387194noreply@blogger.com