The Baseline of Order

I live in a gated community with fairly strict standards that all homes have to follow. Anyone who wants to live in the neighborhood must contractually agree to these standards. If anyone falls short of them, they’ll get a letter from the community management association with a request to bring their property up to standard. If they don’t comply, the community association has the authority to fine them and to seek other remedies. We’re not even allowed to park our own cars on the street, only in our driveways or garages, so there are hardly any cars on the streets. No one can park an RV on the street, except very temporarily for loading or unloading. No soliciting is permitted in the neighborhood, so it’s extremely rare to see any door to door salespeople, Mormons, etc. The streets in the neighborhood are private, not public, so solicitation is equivalent to trespassing. Every homeowner has to pay extra dues to make this happen – currently $122 per month. In addition to this community, I live within a section of Las Vegas called Summerlin, which is also privately managed. To live in this part of town, it costs another $48 per month, and there’s another community association that oversees this area. So I pay $170 per month in extra community association dues, just to live in this part of the city that’s privately managed. These dues fund the management associations. These dues can increase over time too. I think it was aroun...
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