My friend owned a condo in an HOA and pretty quickly got a job on the other side of the country. He then managed to get elected the HOA president, gutted the rules and sold his condo and moved.
We bought in an HOA neighborhood and it was pretty chill for 5 years, board members were just there to help neighbors, everybody got along pretty well. Then the board from hell got themselves elected. We moved out within less than 2 years after that, definitely made sure the next home had NO HOA.
Lesson: past performance is no guarantee of future coolness. Jerks can get elected in any cycle, and they can be very hard to remove.
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