Paulz
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Definitely clickbait.....
Do You Really Want To Live In A 55+ Community?
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As a long-time board member in my HOA, the secret to happiness is making sure you like the place WITHOUT CHANGES.
Don't buy if you feel the need to come in and immediately change the appearance of the home, disagree with the CC&Rs and Rules, and don't want to pay HOA fees.
Pretty simple, really.
Don't buy if you feel the need to come in and immediately change the appearance of the home, disagree with the CC&Rs and Rules, and don't want to pay HOA fees.
Pretty simple, really.
mickeyd
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Interesting video. He said ' may not be a match for a lot of us" should probably be "...for some of us".
Not clear what he means by "55+ community". We live at a CCRC that does not seem to have any of the negative issues he brings up. We have been here for almost 6 years and all is as claimed 6 years ago. Like anything is life, check it out before you" sign on the line which is dotted".
Not clear what he means by "55+ community". We live at a CCRC that does not seem to have any of the negative issues he brings up. We have been here for almost 6 years and all is as claimed 6 years ago. Like anything is life, check it out before you" sign on the line which is dotted".
I have not heard it for houses but I believe it is quite common here in what I would call "trailer parks". (I'm sure there is a nicer name but IDK it). Some of them seem to have actual houses sprinkled in the mix. I used to drive by one and it was mostly for winter visitors I think as it seemed rather empty in the summer but I never actually drove in to the property.
Gearhead Jim
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After building our own house exactly as we wanted with 2.5 acres in a low density area, we moved this Fall to a 55+ community with much smaller lots and an HOA with "reasonable" rules. It's an improvement.
We loved the previous neighborhood when we built there, but 40+ years later we had beautifully kept houses next to dilapidated junk. Houses with six (!) junky cars and a pickup truck w/snowplow parked in the front yard all year next to immaculate mini-estates. A neighbor who set up a motocross course in his back yard for him and the kids. Etc.
This was in the unincorporated are just outside of town, so very little governmental control over anything.
It all started out great, the decline began when original owners started moving away at about 15 years, and accelerated in the last 10 years. We loved it there but wouldn't consider moving back.
We loved the previous neighborhood when we built there, but 40+ years later we had beautifully kept houses next to dilapidated junk. Houses with six (!) junky cars and a pickup truck w/snowplow parked in the front yard all year next to immaculate mini-estates. A neighbor who set up a motocross course in his back yard for him and the kids. Etc.
This was in the unincorporated are just outside of town, so very little governmental control over anything.
It all started out great, the decline began when original owners started moving away at about 15 years, and accelerated in the last 10 years. We loved it there but wouldn't consider moving back.
Thinking about HOAs reminds me of all the things they used to say about redlining and segregation. Oh, you can't let them live here! It'll ruin the property values! What if someone like that moves in next door to me! I don't want to have to face how other people choose to live! I'll have to move somewhere exclusive where only people like me are allowed to live!
Granted, it's not about race these days. At least, not overtly. Still, I'm never going to buy into an HOA for all the same reasons.
Granted, it's not about race these days. At least, not overtly. Still, I'm never going to buy into an HOA for all the same reasons.
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I'm with you. I wish people would just write down what they want to say, since I can read far more rapidly than they can speak. And it would help them be more concise.
audreyh1
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Well this guy is apparently making a living via YouTube videos so filling up time is a goal. And he’s trying to make it sound like he’s talking to you as a neighbor or something so it’s “conversational”.
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Qs Laptop
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Agree that I'd rather read than watch a video, it saves time. But there is a workaround on YouTube--increase the playback speed.
YouTube > Settings > Playback Speed > 1.25X or even 1.5X
folivier
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Still not worth the aggravating ads. Often I'll just read the transcript to find the pertinent parts.
RetiredAt55.5
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Mobile home communities.
YB88
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Off topic, but as I too hate to have to listen to 10 minutes of blather to get to the 10 seconds of content I'm looking for I suggest that a good alternative is to focus on the youtube video transcript.
Go to the description box that's below the video, click 'more' to expand it, and scroll to the bottom of that to find the blue text 'show transcript'. Scroll through the transcript that's now to the right of the video to jump around to the bit(s) that interest you.
I'd still rather have an article over a video, but --- maybe this is a generational thing but more and more I'm finding videos that purport to tell me something that I want to know, so this trick is useful for me.
RetiredHappy
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I love the "segregation" with our guard gated community. Break-ins and car thefts are on the increase everywhere, including gated communities. Tailgating or knowing gate codes is not difficult. Living in a guard gated communit gives us peace of mind that our homes are less likely to be broken into.
aja8888
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Living in a gate guarded community also tells the crooks that the valuables are more likely to be in those houses rather than in ones with no controlled access!
You’re probably wise to stay out of an HOA situation. It sounds like you have way too many issues and exemptions and everything else picky to fit within the umbrella of a managed environment.
RetiredHappy
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Crooks go after easier targets.Living in a gate guarded community also tells the crooks that the valuables are more likely to be in those houses rather than in ones with no controlled access!
Are we neighbors?
aja8888
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Keep thinking that!Crooks go after easier targets.
RetiredHappy
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Data shows that already.Keep thinking that!
aja8888
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There may be more break-ins but the real valuables are in the nicer homes. I saw an interview a while back of a notorious jewelry thief (very successful) and his success was hitting the high end homes. When I lived in a slum, we never had burglaries. Now that I live one step up from the slum, my 1,459 square foot house has nothing of any value inside, unless they want my washer and dryer (maybe my battery operated lawnmower?), The entire neighborhood has a very low, if any. crime rate.Data shows that already.
RetiredHappy
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We live in a very affluent community. Many homes even without the guards, but gated are sold for $3m to $8m.
You hit it on the head. "Less likely" to be broken into. Certainly not perfect but you just have less random "strangers" wandering through the neighborhood. In some ways it's a bit of a false sense of security but we feel better living with "security" at the gate.
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Yesterday, we helped my 90 YO sister move in a CCRC. She is in a very nice independent living apartment and I think it's a great move for her. Sadly, she and her husband were in the process of planning this move but he passed away in December so she is on her own now. We were exploring the facility and at one point she commented that there were really a lot of old people - made me smile, coming from a 90-year old.
MC Rider
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No gates here. We left the big city behind, and there is much less crime here. I suspect some of these guard gates house a bunch of white collar criminals. At least they are not likely to mug you.
