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SocialistGamer
07/02/23 4:40:54 PM
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https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2023/07/ross-bridge-hoa-serves-eviction-notice-to-pet-tortoise-as-hoover-residents-rally-around-fred.html

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Kloe_Rinz
07/02/23 4:41:30 PM
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Why do people on this board keep defending HOAs?
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kingdrake2
07/02/23 4:43:12 PM
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Cpt_Pineapple posted...
bet they'd let him have a pitbull


cant have those either. or a shed. hanging plants.
it's as the HOA Dictates.

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Requiem
07/02/23 4:47:40 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/9/1/AAAgM2AAEn2P.jpg
Ok, I thought it was about one of those small turtles the size of a phone.
This is something else.

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Jennywentnorth8
07/02/23 4:47:46 PM
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I am not too familiar with the HOA process. What happens if he just tells them to fuck off?
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PMarth2002
07/02/23 4:50:24 PM
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Jennywentnorth8 posted...
I am not too familiar with the HOA process. What happens if he just tells them to fuck off?

They can fine you and take your house if you don't pay. John Oliver has a video about them

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1337toothbrush
07/02/23 4:52:34 PM
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HOAs are absolute bullshit and I hate how many houses require you to join one.

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kingdrake2
07/02/23 4:56:23 PM
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Jennywentnorth8 posted...
I am not too familiar with the HOA process. What happens if he just tells them to fuck off?


massive fine or eviction.

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ooger
07/02/23 4:57:49 PM
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HOA's are trash.

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mercurydude
07/02/23 5:04:09 PM
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HOAs exist for petty people on power trips who get off on this kind of cruelty towards people who can't fight back against it.

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__starsnostars
07/02/23 5:06:27 PM
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Insert Randy Marsh "I thought this was America" quote!

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GATTJT
07/02/23 5:08:35 PM
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Requiem posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/9/1/AAAgM2AAEn2P.jpg
Ok, I thought it was about one of those small turtles the size of a phone.
This is something else.
What is actually the issue though? Beyond "you can't have this pet because we said so"?

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Tyranthraxus
07/02/23 5:09:42 PM
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kingdrake2 posted...
massive fine or eviction.
They can't evict you normally. They have to file a lien on your house first so they own it and then they can evict you.

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Collat
07/02/23 5:12:39 PM
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The tortoise was obviously barking too much and disturbing the neighbors.
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Funkydog
07/02/23 5:45:51 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
They can't evict you normally. They have to file a lien on your house first so they own it and then they can evict you.
But all without telling you so you dont know until it's too late.

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Requiem
07/02/23 5:52:33 PM
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GATTJT posted...
What is actually the issue though? Beyond "you can't have this pet because we said so"?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/3/2/AAAgM2AAEn24.jpg

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Priere
07/02/23 5:55:04 PM
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This is when you play their game.

Go to every single house on the street and document any HOA violations and turn in a formal list of complaints that you have. Make everyone suffer.

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rexcrk
07/02/23 5:57:54 PM
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Thats such bullshit. I could honestly understand if it was like some crazy dog or another kind of genuinely dangerous animal, but that nice tortoise? Hell no.

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Sir_Will
07/02/23 6:03:01 PM
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Requiem posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/9/1/AAAgM2AAEn2P.jpg
Ok, I thought it was about one of those small turtles the size of a phone.
This is something else.
Still has no bearing on anybody else.

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chaos_knight
07/02/23 6:05:56 PM
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HOAs need to be illegal, but America won't ever ban anything that the rich support.

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littlebro07
07/02/23 6:09:30 PM
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He said he believes he has a strong case because he got Fred before the HOA banned tortoises,

Yeah, the HOA can fuck the fuck off here.

and they can fuck off in every other situation too for that matter. HOAs are trash run by boring old power hungry folks who couldnt make it as a real politician.

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DarkBuster22904
07/02/23 6:14:17 PM
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littlebro07 posted...
Yeah, the HOA can fuck the fuck off here.

and they can fuck off in every other situation too for that matter. HOAs are trash run by boring old power hungry folks who couldnt make it as a real politician.
This.

By and large, they're run by bored retirees with nothing better to do than play Hall Monitor.

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Carljank
07/02/23 6:17:54 PM
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Mount an auto turret (with nerf rounds of course) to its shell?

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sabin017
07/02/23 6:21:14 PM
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not turtley enough for the turtle club

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NocturneD85
07/02/23 6:25:57 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/5/1/AAMhkDAAEn3L.jpg

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Pitlord_Special
07/02/23 6:27:04 PM
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He said he believes he has a strong case because he got Fred before the HOA banned tortoises, adding that other Ross Bridge residents have unapproved pets like ferrets and snakes.

We should be grandfathered in, he said. I think well work it out with the HOA.

That's what's bogus to me. Changing the rules to exclude the pet that was already owned and established in the household and then dropping the hammer on them.

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YourBestFrenemy
07/02/23 6:30:49 PM
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Priere posted...
This is when you play their game.

Go to every single house on the street and document any HOA violations and turn in a formal list of complaints that you have. Make everyone suffer.

Uh, this sounds like the most absolute shit way to handle it. Because someone is fucking with you, you would just want to try and jam other random people up? Did I miss something here?

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IfGodCouldDie
07/02/23 7:42:51 PM
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YourBestFrenemy posted...
Uh, this sounds like the most absolute shit way to handle it. Because someone is fucking with you, you would just want to try and jam other random people up? Did I miss something here?
You flood the board with violations while pissing everyone off enough to get involved with the HOA and get enough of those pissed off people on the board to dissolve the HOA.

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Jennywentnorth8
07/02/23 7:46:37 PM
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If some HOA tried to take my pet away like that enough to try and take my house and if they actually managed to do that I can honestly say without any hesitation that I would dedicate my life to making that neighborhood hell.
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Kloe_Rinz
07/02/23 10:55:53 PM
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kingdrake2 posted...
massive fine or eviction.
But what if you own the property and house
you arent gonna evict yourself just because they send you a demented letter
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Kloe_Rinz
07/02/23 11:11:44 PM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

I own the property

its quite literally mine
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Jaguar34
07/02/23 11:13:56 PM
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The tortoise has even saved the teen from having to mow the backyard due to his snacking habits.

I havent had to cut the grass in three years, said Jayden.

What
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Jaguar34
07/02/23 11:16:23 PM
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They didn't mention how they clean the turtle poop which may be an issue to joggers.

When you read the story and hear the tortoise is outside and is eating the lawn grass, I can kind of get it.
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Jaguar34
07/02/23 11:16:45 PM
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I mean no way that house's lawn looks good.
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TMOG
07/02/23 11:18:08 PM
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Jaguar34 posted...
The tortoise has even saved the teen from having to mow the backyard due to his snacking habits.

I havent had to cut the grass in three years, said Jayden.

What
Tortoises eat grass. What's hard to understand about that?

Jaguar34 posted...
When you read the story and hear the tortoise is outside and is eating the lawn grass, I can kind of get it.

Jaguar34 posted...
I mean no way that house's lawn looks good.
Exactly what business is it of anybody else in the neighborhood whether their grass looks like it's been cut by a mower or a tortoise?
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1337toothbrush
07/02/23 11:24:56 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
I own the property

its quite literally mine
You'd think so, but there is more than one way to get stripped of "your" property in the land of the free.

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Jeremy517
07/02/23 11:25:37 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
I own the property

its quite literally mine

If you have an HOA, you should read the paperwork that you signed when you bought the house.
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TMOG
07/02/23 11:27:54 PM
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This does raise the question of what happens if you own a house in a neighborhood that later decides "we're gonna start a HOA", but you understandably don't want to be part of a cult and refuse to sign the paperwork
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YourBestFrenemy
07/02/23 11:46:15 PM
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IfGodCouldDie posted...
You flood the board with violations while pissing everyone off enough to get involved with the HOA and get enough of those pissed off people on the board to dissolve the HOA.

Ahhh. Diabolical...

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StealThisSheen
07/02/23 11:46:23 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
I own the property

its quite literally mine

That does not matter with HOAs.

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Serious_Cat
07/02/23 11:46:29 PM
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TMOG posted...
This does raise the question of what happens if you own a house in a neighborhood that later decides "we're gonna start a HOA", but you understandably don't want to be part of a cult and refuse to sign the paperwork
They can't make you join if the house wasn't part of the HOA when you bought it.

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harley2280
07/03/23 12:28:19 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
I own the property

its quite literally mine
Not if you're part of an HOA. If you want to move they can stop you from selling your house. HOA's are just another example of Americans giving up rights so they can make life harder on minorities.

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jumi
07/03/23 12:38:13 AM
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sabin017 posted...
not turtley enough for the turtle club

I lol'ed. I'm not proud of myself.

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