That&#x27;s disingenuous to pretend its not compulsory, just don&#x27;t buy the house!  We all understand it to mean, to live in a certain area its <i>compulsory</i> to belong to the HOA.  Living in an area can be important for lots of reasons. Buying a house is a contract between the seller and the buyer regarding personal property. To be required to include a third party (the HOA) is strange. You don&#x27;t have to belong to the NSX fan club to own an NSX.<p>The whole point of HOAs is to enforce somebody&#x27;s personal preferences on their neighbors. Its annoying, infringes on my personal space, and promotes a weird philosophy of groupthink in what I consider an un-American way.