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- Henri Lefebvre, The Right to the City — In brief, the right to the city is the right to the production of a city. The labor of a worker is the source of most of the value of a commodity that is expropriated by the owner. The worker, therefore, has a right to benefit from that value denied to them. In the same way, the urban citizen produces and reproduces the city through their own daily actions. However, the the city is expropriated from the urbanite by the rich and the state. The right to the city is therefore the right to appropriate the city by and for those who make and remake it.
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HOA are just such a strange concept because they could be such a useful force that has been corrupted into an engine of uniformity and roadblocks.
You would think a local organized organization would be quick and nimble to meet the needs of it's small group of citizens who know each other. But they got bogged down in petty arguments and minor aesthetic changes. Local municipal governments got stuck in the same trap. Too much regulation of minor aesthetic issues.
I don't know the solution but interesting
It just goes to show that the structure and context matters a lot to how an organization functions. Even small organizations need to be set up with the right principles in order to function well.
That's true. Also smaller organization can be easily taken over my petty individuals for their petty needs
HOAs had a significant role in prohibiting black people from owning homes which, along with redlining (prohibiting mortgages by banks) carved out entire areas which only allowed whites. HOAs don't have a great history.
That makes complete sense. Not a great history continues to not a great present