Happy Valley and Depression

[Chickrae]

Originally Posted by drwnorth

Chickrae:

If the association is not doing its job, there are others also displeased, she needs to find a couple other owners who are willing to stand firm and expose the deficiencies. Going to court is a rather extreme solution which no one really wants to pursue, including the association. Besides, if they can't afford the snow removal, likely they can't afford court action either.

Thank you for the insight. I will tell her to attend the HOA meetings also and go from there. She hasn't attended a meeting and she needs to.

[dogmom]

Originally Posted by falcon271

DrWNORTH.......I spoke nothing of LDS or referred that LDS was causing a problem or depression with me. And for the others HOA is short for Home Owners Association. And these associations have a board of directors that set the "rules" of each new housing area. Your cold winters can cause depression. For me as a home owner in a different state, the house and lot belongs to me, I am free to express my individuality as I like. I can plant the flowers I like, I can keep my lawn mowed short and precise. I can leave my car in the driveway if I want or I can park it in the garage. I can paint my porch railings any color I want. My dog can walk about freely in my yard when I am outside with them. I can paint and decorate as I please. And when I see neighborhoods and developments in southern Utah I see hundreds of identical houses (cookie cutters...is what we refer them as in the midwest). And I see homes that are painted the same color or within one hue or two. I see very little individuality expressed in the exterior of the home. As a future new citizen it scares me to think that I will HAVE to fit in that mold for the expectations of neighbors and HOA's or I will receive complaints. I have pets, and they are like family to me. And being forced to give them up because it is about impossible to find a home where I can have a pet that may be a little too big or too fat then the appropriate "Stepford" mold, expectation or rules. And thus.......the term "Stepford" as in the movie Stepford Wives is justly given.

And yes...I'm depressed. I just came out of a long, long brutal winter and I'm heading to a community where it seems like I have to leave my pets behind. And none of that has to do with LDS.

I am so sorry you can't find a rental for the pets...I don't understand what's behind that...it's making me depressed, too