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LargeWu commented on Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash   tampabay28.com/news/state... · Posted by u/bilsbie
ghaff · 2 days ago
Some things like beaches/pools/golf clubs/etc. can generally be policed with tokens/keys and so forth. That is not generally true of all shared facilities in a neighborhood. And I'm not at all sure the local government should be responsible for anything that residents should care to share on a communal basis. Want a playground or dog park? That's the government's responsibility? Maybe. But now that's up to a broader section of voters.
LargeWu · 2 days ago
>> Want a playground or dog park? That's the government's responsibility? Maybe

Yes, this is how it works pretty much everywhere else. Even my rural hometown with <1500 people has an elected park board that is responsible for parks, the swimming pool, tennis courts, summer rec programs, etc.

LargeWu commented on Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash   tampabay28.com/news/state... · Posted by u/bilsbie
reactordev · 2 days ago
You can't because they don't have elections... It's up to the documents to determine when elections can be held and often these HOA's in FL make it so that once elected, they don't hold elections again for 25 years.
LargeWu · 2 days ago
25 years is wild. No wonder HOA's have a reputation for boards with power trips.
LargeWu commented on Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash   tampabay28.com/news/state... · Posted by u/bilsbie
ghaff · 2 days ago
So shared facilities for a group of private individuals have to approved by and ongoing maintenance provided by the a government (as long as they feel like it) or they're not allowed to exist?
LargeWu · 2 days ago
In the absence of an HOA, what you're describing as "shared facilities for a group of private individuals" would be commonly considered a private club. The difference is most private clubs that are not HOA's are not tied to owning specific property. For example, my sister belongs to a private pool club in their neighborhood. They pay membership dues to the club which provides operating revenue for the pool facilities, but it's not tied to any property ownership.
LargeWu commented on Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash   tampabay28.com/news/state... · Posted by u/bilsbie
wasjosh · 2 days ago
Or how about

if you don't want to join an HOA....

you don't join an HOA?

LargeWu · 2 days ago
If the house is covered by an HOA, it's typically not optional.

And in some areas it's very difficult to find housing not part of an HOA. I think somebody mentioned elsewhere in this thread that all new housing in Phoenix requires an HOA.

LargeWu commented on Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash   tampabay28.com/news/state... · Posted by u/bilsbie
ghaff · 2 days ago
Probably true in general but, to the degree there are shared areas, someone needs to assess and allocate costs which isn't always obvious. Not really suburban but I have a relative who lives on a private road with other houses and (primarily) plowing and road maintenance needs to be dealt with.

I agree that "your lawn isn't neat enough" HOAs are generally a plague at least up to a certain point.

LargeWu · 2 days ago
"someone needs to assess and allocate costs which isn't always obvious"

In most places, this is called the city government.

Ultimately this feels like the "low tax area" myth is getting exposed. You still need to pay for all the same things your taxes would otherwise pay for, but for some reason it's different as long as it's not called a tax.

LargeWu commented on Florida lawmaker floats ban on HOAs amid growing backlash   tampabay28.com/news/state... · Posted by u/bilsbie
reactordev · 2 days ago
Those things are usually rentals here in Florida. HOAs are a real problem here due to the legal protection they have. They can literally take your house because your mailbox is blue.
LargeWu · 2 days ago
HOA's are ultimately run by the homeowners themselves. It's right there in the name. If the HOA is such a problem, elect different people to the board and change the rules.
LargeWu commented on I forced every engineer to take sales calls and they rewrote our platform   old.reddit.com/r/Entrepre... · Posted by u/bilsbie
antonymoose · 2 days ago
Because he has people skills, damnit!

He clearly adds value, he has his secretary take down requirements from the customer and then he personally walks them down the hall to the engineers.

Not sure why you’re not getting this?

/s

LargeWu · 2 days ago
I know you're kidding, but the TPM I work with is basically a stenographer. If we ask him "why" on a requirement, 60% chance the answer is "I don't know, but the customer wants it"
LargeWu commented on Weather Radar APIs in 2025: A Founder's Complete Market Overview   rainviewer.com/blog/weath... · Posted by u/sea-gold
lenerdenator · 6 days ago
FWIW, there are people who would very much like to see that no longer be the case in the US.
LargeWu · 5 days ago
AccuWeather has lobbied hard to privatize weather data. However, I'm not sure who would be collecting that data if the government stopped collecting it for them.
LargeWu commented on The Folk Economics of Housing   aeaweb.org/articles?id=10... · Posted by u/kareemm
dazc · 8 days ago
It wasn't a surge in demand either..
LargeWu · 8 days ago
It was a surge of demand, driven by the availability of cheap money.
LargeWu commented on The Folk Economics of Housing   aeaweb.org/articles?id=10... · Posted by u/kareemm
dazc · 8 days ago
I remember when house prices doubled in the space of 3 years and it wasn't a supply shortage that caused this.
LargeWu · 8 days ago
Sure, because demand went through the roof. And demand is currently high again. So either we need fewer people, or more dwellings.

u/LargeWu

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