Neighborhood

Growing up several miles outside of a small town in eastern Oklahoma, I and those that I knew had an inherent distrust and distaste for any kind of gratuitous rules or authorities. We were country folks with a suspicious eye towards anyone trying to control our lives. But as often happens I grew older and began to see things from a different perspective. The idea of a Home Owner’s Association seems to resonate to our deepest notions of society, decency, freedom and collective rights vs. individual rights. To some there is no greater violation then to be micro-managed in the affairs of one’s own castle. To other’s there is no greater transgression then to have one’s greatest possession degraded by another’s poor behavior. These feelings about one’s home are at their root emotional and personal. Read the rest of this entry »