On 7/4/2015 9:22 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 11:10:42 AM UTC-4, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> I can see
>> the usefulness of having some rules to deal with messy properties,
>> barking dogs, whatever. Overall, it doesn't appeal to me, either.
>
> And that's what a good municipal government is for. Regrettably,
> some areas have ceded their responsibilities to HOAs.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

It's not an either/or.

You can have both simultaneously.