While this is true for boomers and genx as they saw this life style as a status symbol so they fed the beast... majority of modern housing stock has HoA attache to it, so unless you are looking for mass homlessness. HoA is the herpes we inherited. Now, since we at least can agree it is a cancer, these corruption rackets need to be either 1) reformed, where they are required; or 2) otherwise outright dismantled.

This is another generation fight though... and even some younger clowns will larp HoA because "it keep me property price hi, I am an owner all i care about is asset appreciation"

sure thing buddy, living in a house with rapidly increasing tax assessment surely makes you part of the owner class 🤡

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wish the taxes would go up. Here in California there is absolutely no downside to treating your home as an investment vehicle. At least individually.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I am not following, CA has high property values and and rates unless you got the ~~rate~~ value frozen by some clown law.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes, there is a clown law known as Prop 13. Property taxes are extremely low and can't be raised except by a supermajority of voters.. We do have high income taxes but overall it's actually a middle-tax state.

Residential property values in CA are only reassessed when the property is sold. So if you're sitting there for decades in the same house you'll pay almost no taxes.

Almost every problem you've heard of about California can in some way be linked back to this law.

[–] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Shouldn't it be more important to reduce the amount of water usage to as little as possible? Southern California is all dessert and is constantly in a draught.

[–] hobovision@lemm.ee 6 points 2 weeks ago

Residential water use (especially in cities) is a very small portion. Entire cities use less water than some farms. The problem with water in Southern California is Imperial Valley.

[–] speedingcheese@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The last photo in the article has some greens growing right next to the street. What do you all think of that? Any worries about pollution?

[–] MadBabs@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I wonder this in my own little yard, too!

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Urban gardening in the news: wow so healthy so easy!

Urban gardening in reality: the squirrels ate all the fruits, the rats bit the buds off of everything, I just wasted so much water and money to increase the vermin population and have no food to show for it.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

Man... I can't even have a little garden on my apartment porch because my unit is in such a position that it never gets any direct sunlight. Even the plants the apartment itself planted for the landscaping just withers and dies from not having any direct sun and they never plant anything that could thrive in the shade.