tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post6654494872771286549..comments2023-11-05T06:18:25.377-06:00Comments on The Privatopia Papers: Neighborly ties survive even when HOAs ruleEvan McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04479661304143631524noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-63937915348731799892010-01-13T07:46:06.510-06:002010-01-13T07:46:06.510-06:00From a comment at http://volokh.com/2010/01/04/geo...From a comment at <a href="http://volokh.com/2010/01/04/george-will-on-blight-condemnations-in-new-york/" rel="nofollow">http://volokh.com/2010/01/04/george-will-on-blight-condemnations-in-new-york/</a> by "Houston Lawyer":<br /><br />"<i>Why the ragging on HOAs? I have found that they are far more responsive than city government. My one phone call to the HOA stopped a neighbor from parking a Ford Excursion in his front yard. If you don’t want to be subject to an HOA, don’t buy a house in a neighborhood governed by one.</i>"<br /><br />Perhaps the "social ties" in HOA "communities" are really "social chains"? <br /><br />Or "socialist chains," if there can be such a thing as privatized socialism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-28501882542624560622010-01-12T09:56:48.952-06:002010-01-12T09:56:48.952-06:00"Kolodziej's experience bears out a recen..."Kolodziej's experience bears out a recent Arizona State University study, which found that non-HOA neighborhoods tended to have stronger social ties."<br />I believe this is nothing but fabricated propaganda! Generally, I believe and I trust real research will support that the majority of HOA's, etc... have destroyed the concept of "community, " and social ties. <br />If the association is abusive, or has a board of those, "entitled, " above all others, it is even worse.<br />How about some real research with truthful, accurate accounts of these "communities."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060417.post-86887952611396784042010-01-11T13:49:12.701-06:002010-01-11T13:49:12.701-06:00I'm trying to get a copy of the study report, ...I'm trying to get a copy of the study report, but that is proving difficult. Only one website exists, on the Geospatial Center website and not on social science. The "presentation" appears to be just a series of powerpoint screens -- the charts are too small to read. Not at all like a professional study.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com