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If you don't pay their fee, they can evict you.

And that's why I wrote that they act like a government. But unlike a government, you can move away from the HOA's project and not be under its thumb. To escape government, you have to buy a ship and anchor it in the middle of the ocean.



So the government of California is not a government because you can move to Nevada? Have you thought about what you're claiming? Is the government of London not a government because you can move to Birmingham?


No need to take it so literally. Moving to the next development or town over is different from moving out of a country or state.


So yes... City governments are not governments because you can just move to the neighboring city. Redefining words is fun!!




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