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Being a part of a homeowners association (HOA) can bringhomeownersa sense of community and financial stability.
Currently, there are about370k HOAsin the U.S.; thats over 53% of owner-occupied households in America.
Yet not all of them are so helpful.
One man recentlyshareda story of his 10-year-old petty fight with a HOA he didnt even belong to.
The association cut down a branch of his tree that they saw as a violation.
The guy then armed himself with PVC and Christmas lights to build a branch that would definitely annoy theHOA.
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But this isnt the first time u/Educational_Dust_932 shared this story online.
Back in the day, he posted it on the Something Awful forum.
I actually posted the whole saga as it happened years ago, the Redditor told Bored Panda.
It was pretty popular there.
The mans conflict with the homeowners association didnt start and end with the PVC tree branch.
I had much more trouble with the HOA than I put in the post, u/Educational_Dust_932 says.
They even called CPS on me once for letting my kids play on theirplayground, the Redditor shares.
They said it was unsafe because my kids were also playing in the six-inch-deep stream that ran alongside it.
CPS took one look at the stream and laughed.
So, no, I wasnt very happy with them before this all started.
I went and asked him, and he wouldnt say anything.
His wife started going on about how the tree was an eyesore but he shushed her right up.
The Redditor is also pretty certain it wasnt the authorities who cut his tree branch down.
We were also curious about the reactions from otherneighborswho didnt belong to the association.
What did they think about the PVC branch?
The Redditor tells Bored Panda that apart from some weird looks, he didnt get any weird reactions.
But my kids got questioned about it on the school bus, he adds.
I am not sure what they told the other kids.
Today, the OPs life is much less dramatic where the HOA is concerned.
They have pretty much left me alone since then, he tells us.
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