HOA's are such trash. I've lived in 3 places with them and they either wholely suck and are against you, or they don't do shit and you wonder what the fuck you're paying for. First place I stayed I was confronted multiple times for the "smell" in my garage (I was working on my car and the smells were gone in hours). My current place, the neighbors leave their trash cans out all week, park in front of their garage (we have a shared alley as our 'front door' very confusing), let there kids scream outside and throw rocks from our porch and they're well know as "that" neighbor on our block. HOA doesn't say shit