South African Reacts To Why American Lawns All Look The Same
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South African Reacts To Why American Lawns All Look The Same
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Thats one of the things I like about my neighborhood.
All the homes are custom homes and all are different,no two homes are alike.
I think grass being planted and cut is being over-analyzed. It keeps soil from washing away, keeps you from having a mud pit when it rains. As to HOAs, read every single word before you sign it. They can put outrageous conditions in the contract and once you sign, you're legally bound. People have lost their homes over HOA practices.
I would never join an HOA, it's the worst thing that a home owner could do. For people who like being micromanaged, have at it.
@@MacTX it sounded good when they first started - keep the neighborhood looking good, pleasing place to live, etc. Then they went all Nazi with their power.
NEVER live where there is a HOA.
mine thankfully ended up not being bad, no rules on what you can or can't do with your house or property, but our sub division has lots that are around 10 acres so you generally never even see your neighbors. there is a yearly due, but it's to maintain the road since it's a private road and not a county owned one. but that's it. once a year pay into the road maintenece, other than that they don't have a board or go around to peoples houses making sure they stored their garbage can in the ideal location, nothing silly like that. lots of people have chickens or horses. neighbors had a cow for a few years.
mine is not the average hoa experience though, staying away from hoas completely is solid advice.
I grew up on Long Island not far from Levittown. Our home was in a housing development built in the early 1950s primarily for veterans of WWII who were getting married and settling down. (my parents bought the house before I was born which was 1955). There were 3 styles of houses with different modifications available to create more a varied appearance. Everyone was having babies so there were tons of kids our age which was great because there was always someone to play with. One of the biggest chores we had once we were old enough was to cut the grass. I didn't particularly care for that but now that I have a home with a huge hilly lawn lawn I have to admit that I enjoy standing back and admiring my lawn when I'm done. My older bother still lives in that neighborhood 2 houses away from the one we grew up in. His lawn is fabulous.
NEVER buy a house in an HOA unless you are okay with their rules. They can control everything about the outside of your house, basically anything that can be seen from the street. The reason it exists is to keep the houses in the neighborhood looking uniform, but it is incredibly restrictive and can be costly if you break one of their rules, whether you knowingly do it or not. They can control grass length, the color of the paint on the outside walls, the color of drapes hanging in your window, whether you're allowed to grow produce or flowers and which types, whether you're allowed to have livestock, .... and the list goes on.
Hoas are crazy, there are a ton of them crazy stories about lawsuits, like that guy with a rivian electric pickup, his hot threw a fit since it was considered to be a pickup truck and some don't allow pickups to be parked out side over night. Glad I don't have to deal them a holes.
I'd never do anything to help bees stay in my yard...the farther away they are the better
When my son and his wife lived in Texas, they knew nothing about HOA’S. You have to pay monthly fees and some have worse rules than others. They were given a palette of colours they could choose from to paint their house ( they could not deviate from this. They could not grow their grass more than x number of inches. They were even told when to have the8r Christmas decorations up by and to have a “ tasteful “ theme. ( I don’t know what happened if you weren’t Christian)? If you break their rules, they can fine you, and in some cases get you kicked out of the neighbourhood. My son and his wife now live in N. Carolina and they made sure to buy in an area that was not controlled by HOA.
Thank you ! Dandelions, my favorite flower. Great for bees, and are edible from roots to flowers. Full of antioxidants and a great many other vitamins and minerals. The South resorted to eating them during the Civil War and they saved many from starvation. Too many have resorted to spraying and poisoning them and killing off a great many bees in the process. Sorry, but a retired 25 year USAF SERE Survival Instructor with a love for these flowers and what they represent for me, and most of all to me, my daughters used to make wishes on the seedlings after they sprouted on a warm summer evening watching them float away.
I live in a small town and it is really lax.
He said, Levittown had no plumbing? It'd be impossible to water all of those mandated lawns, duh. Plus, they'd be to dehydrated to work, lol.
Would really like to see outside your place and some of the surrounding areas..
Most of our lawn is green weeds. Mow it and it still looks like a nice lawn.
Ours too..and one of our neighbors even asked how we kept our lawn so green…well…we do nothing but mow…and it’s mostly weeds.
I'm actually working on transitioning my lawn's grass over to native prairie grasses that grew in the central plains area of the US originally 100s of years ago. It's actually been quite difficult because the foreign 'turf' grasses are extremely persistent.
You must have a lot of time on your hands 🤔
@@dabbadoo2226 Not at all. That's why I'm 3 years into the process and still not done.
@@bigd7481 well you’re kinda making my point for me since most people don’t have 3 years to transition their grass to a native prairie grass but you seem committed I’ll give you that, your reasonings are your own every one should have a hobby a guess I wish you and your native prairie grass the best 👍🏼
I wish my grass was persistent. It can’t survive my yard very well.
@dabbadoo2226 you alright buddy? Wtf are you picking fights with strangers over their lawn??? Chill lol
I’ve learned that my HOA is much, much, more lenient than a lot of people’s (according to comments from other videos). In mine it’s really just about making the neighborhood look nice but you can still be original with how your house looks up to a point (you couldn’t have a bright pink house). But otherwise it’s just basic stuff and no one really cares. Plus, I get free access to a big rec center, library, and other things.
mine only exists to collect money for road maintence once a year (as it's a private road and not maintained by the county) but that's it. technically it's an hoa, but they just call themselves a road association. no one goes around fining people for uncut grass or having livestock. no one tries to evict you if you don't have your trash can pointing the correct cardinal direction
5:25. They said " Front Lawn", not back lawn. The Front Lawn is the showcase.
HOAs are an organization that governs how a neighborhood can look and how the members do things. They often have rules about the color of the house and they would have to get permission before changing the color. They can be really strict and a pain to deal with. Here the cities often pick up the trash and to get it picked up you have a cart to put it in and in this HOA, they had to make sure the cart had been pulled back not long after the trash had been picked up. I had lived in one where we had a concrete driveway and the one car I had had an oil leak in it and so some would leak on to the driveway and they would write us a letter saying we had to clean up or they would.
I live in Florida. There are communities that have HOAs and I'm sure they have rules requiring lawns of grass. The city of Cape Coral does have laws requiring grass lawns and there are laws limiting how tall the grass can grow. That being said, most cities don't require grass lawns. Some people even have concrete lawns so they don't have to mow. If you do have a grass lawn here in Fort Myers Florida, you're not allowed to let it become overgrown and too unsightly. That basically means if it grows to about 2 feet tall you get a warning from the city and if you don't mow within the allotted time, the city will send a crew to do it for you and you will be charged a fee. More than lawns the city and county ordinances deal with messy yards. Trash and old junk cars and appliances, etc. are only allowed in certain areas.
I live in a Homeowners Association (HOA) in Florida, and they have strict rules to reside here. The control the color of the paint of the homes and everyone is required to keep their home and property very neat and clean. If you fail to obey the laws for the HOA, the HOA can force you to move out of the area and they will sell your home. Each HOA has its own rules, but they all are strict. For example, you cannot do major repairs on your car in your driveway. You can only do minor repairs. You must also clean your driveway of the skid marks made by the car tires. Finally you cannot park commercial trucks at the home without covering the entire truck. When I say truck, I mean pickups and vans used for a business. I also cannot park my car in the street in front of my home at night. There are more rules but you must understand them all before trying to buy or rent a home in my neighborhood. Trucks larger than pickups and vans cannot be here after dark at all.
People who choose to live in an HOA do not want neighbors who do not want to maintain their homes correctly. They want a nice quiet neighborhood.
Yep. In America, homeowners are required by law to keep the law neat, clean, healthy and short. Failure to do maintain it correctly means heavy fines and harsher penalties after a warning or two.
I am a Long Island native and many of the homes look alike depending on the town.
Not all homeowners are required to do this
@@aggravatedHart Every owner is required to keep their property neat and clean. I have lived in 12 places in different states and counties and each place had the basic rule to maintain your yard. Some had rules on paint colors allowed and some did not, but every one had rules.
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@@alteredaustin1 I see that the truth hurts.
What are HOA’s and what are they for? Well, a Home Owners Association is used to help ensure that the homes in it are kept at a certain standard to maintain home value and provide a service to the association. When you buy a home in an HOA, you sign a contract to follow the rules of the association, but not just as they are now, but also changes to the rules as well. A board of people are elected to run the HOA and that board manages the HOA, any assets it has, and updates the rules of the HOA. So if you have a great board, you have a great HOA, but if not, you can be in a world of hurt.
HOAs can be a great benefit. Many maintain community property of the HOA such as parks, pools & club houses, but they also make rules about the look and maintenance of a house/property. Color, land use, etc. Anything they want, that is legal, and visible to the outside they can write a rule to control it and a punishment if broken, which can be as simple as a fine up to forcing the sale of the home.
Many HOAs are just fine and work for the betterment of the entire HOA, but some have people who just want everyone to conform to their standards and don’t really care about anything else… Power Hungry Tyrants.
But you can choose to buy in an HOA or not. It is a choice, and being in an HOA can keep your home value up and supply some nice community perks.
I don’t want to get stuck with a set of rules that can change at someone’s will. The city has rules, but they are way more relaxed and easy going. The more rural you get the less rules affect you.
Enjoy you and the family videos.
Thanks!
HOAs are horrible. Yes there are rules and you sign the contract when you buy your home in an HOA. You also pay for it. You also have to deal with complaints and rules including if you can park on the street, lawn maintenance, if your garage is open, what color your front door is, if you have a play swing in your backyard or a pool, noise, visitors (yes guests can be regulated) and so on. HOAs are horrible and you have to pay for them. You get a gate at the end of the street as security and you have to pay to live in a nanny state. F that!!
Just follow the damn rules and you won't have a problem. If you buy a house where there is an HOA, you know the rules before you buy the house. If you don't like the rules, buy a house somewhere else. HOAs are intended to maintain uniformity and proper maintenance. This helos maintain priperty values for every one. I don't see a problem at all.
@@kokomo9764 That last sentence you may want to correct. I understand what you were saying, but the words were garbled. The Pagan Greek Sun God Helos/Helios 🌞 probably didn't like grass on his Mt Olympus "Priperty".
Im with you Jon on long grass, I like to let the natural plants feed the bees and such
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I went 9 months without mowing my front yard and the city mowed it for me for $100!
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Why didn't you mow it ?
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We were to lazy to mow it, to proud to pay someone, the city said our “vacant? property” was “not being maintained”. They looked at our 60 ft. by 100 ft. front yard with the 10 inch grass and decided no one lived there.
They sent a letter giving us 30 days to cut it. We kept putting it off and then one day, a “city truck” showed up and a guy mowed it and left. We received a bill in the mail from the city for $100.
We could have paid someone $20 or mowed it ourselves for free.
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Maybe it's a "dad" thing, but my father did everything and more to keep other breeds of grass out of our yard. We were in Florida, and St. Augustine Grass was popular, but other types were "moving in." He'd spend hours pulling up "fake" grass. I didn't care, as a kid, what grass was in the yard, as long as I could tumble and play in it.
I have 2 HOA stories. The first home my husband and I bought was in a townhouse community (2- 3 stories, attached in rows of 4 or 5). There was a lot of "common" spaces between buildings, around the front, etc. Somehow, I called "not it" too slowly and became president of the HOA for 5 years. I hated it. However, our "rules" were broad, and the HOA fee was crazy low compared to others. Other than midnight calls for things I couldn't help with, that HOA wasn't horrible about rules. However, our second home is in a city/neighborhood (3500 residents). Instead of an HOA, we have a Architectural Board to approve changes to historic homes. One homeowner wanted to change their stoop stairs to a rounded shape, as one of their walls was rounded. The Board said "no." So they painted their house yellow with purple spots (the Board doesn't have rules on paint colors) until the Board gave in. They made their new steps, painted their house back to a normal color, and all was well in the world. Search "Avondale Estates Pox House" to see what they did.
I absolutely hate yard work, especially mowing the lawn. I think it because I was made to mow the lawn, due to me being the eldest boy. That being said I could watch Spencer from SB mowing's UA-cam channel for hours on end. Or Al Bladez mowing. There something gratifying about watching these guys do yard work. From the comfort of my computer chair. They have crazy viewer & subs numbers, all for yard work.
Not all HOAs are bad. My neighbour just wants you to cut your grass and not have non running cars and other junk in the driveway. It keeps they area looking good and prevents idiots from moving in.
Jono if you were ever to move here to Texas or any state dont buy a home with an HOA , if your hedges are too high, grass not just right or leave your garbage can out too long to name a few you could get fined and such. There are plenty of places that are not HOA. Also where i am im central Texas if you dont live in the city limits you can have chickens and livestock no problem.
I'm blessed to live in a area that doesn't have a HOA. A lot of the newer homes now built have HOA's.
in a city. hoas aren't nearly as prevalent in rural areas as you might imagine.
There are many places here in the US, where grass manicuring is regulated. Unfortunately, for some, who would rather grow wildflowers & nature's own bounty. Grass is 'cool', as you stated. But, rather unnecessary when there are other options. Riding or driving through a community where all of their lawns look alike is rather boring, if you ask me. I know a few people that would rather keep a kempt lawn area with a natural growth.
Yeah. HOAs will essentially have rules you have to follow. If you don't, they're allowed to fine you. The idea behind them isn't necessarily bad (to keep property prices high and nice looking). However, in practice, it's mostly power-tripping a-holes. There are reportedly some that are actually alright.
yeah, ours doesn't have a monthly fee, no one inspects your lawn. no one has ever been fined for painting their house or buying livestock. the only time a lean is talked about being put on someones house is if they don't pay their road dues. since we have a private road that isn't maintained by the county we all pay in once a year so if the road needs repaired or added onto they pull from that. but i also don't live in a large city or the suburbs surrounding a large city. people tend to be more willing to treat you like an adult in the country rather than micromanage every move you make.
I dont have any kind of grass really its mostly native weeds and cactus and yuccas i do mow but its a huge lawn back side and front plus here in the Texas hill country if its green its grass lol..
If you choose to buy a home in an area with an HOA you sign a contract and agree to become a slave to them until you sell your home and move somewhere else.
Because of watering restrictions where I live, you're not allowed to have a lawn...
Growing up I had family in Arizona and they had water restrictions. There was a drought in the 70s and you couldn't even get water at a restaurant. It can get tough.
Think of HOA as basically a ruling body on the local neighborhood street level, but the most annoying, verdictive people somehow always seem to become members of the ruling body. HOA starts out as something that could be helpful but can turn very toxic depending on who moves into the neighborhood or which neighbor you piss off knowingly or unknowingly.
Why anyone would join an HOA is beyond me. Home owners have enough stress dealing with local city bureaucracy, they don't really need to also have a neighborhood level bureaucratic body to deal with as well. To add insult to injury, you pay a monthly fee to the HOA to be micromanaged.
When you buy into a property with a HOA you will have some community rules that you will have to follow. Though it isn't a surprise because you knew that you were buying a property with a HOA before you bought it. There are plenty of properties available without a HOA that people can buy and only have to abide by the rules set by the local government(town, city, or village). Rules vary from HOA community to HOA community, as do the HOA fees and HOA amenities. The rules can change in some HOAs if there is a governing body that can vote on changes to those rules. From my experience, as one of my properties has a HOA, rules are not set in stone in an HOA. My dad was elected President of his condominium complex HOA, so he could bring up proposals for relaxing or expanding the rules for the HOA that would be voted on by people in the complex that also pay into the HOA. If a quorum of residents can not be met then the board takes a vote on the proposal. HOA, no HOA, it is up to you they work well for some people and not for others. Know what you are getting into with the rules and decide if the extra amenities that are sometimes offered with an HOA are something that is an added benefit to your living wants and needs, read the contract before you buy the property.
Sometimes they aren’t clear that it’s a property in an HOA.
@@aggravatedHart if you buy through an agent the MLS will tell them it has a HOA. It would beg the question of why they are showing you properties with an HOA, when the buyer should have told the buyer’s agent would be a disqualifying factor in a home search. If you don’t buy through an agent, yes, it is the buyers responsibility to do their research. Just one of many reasons to buy with a real estate agent. I can’t imagine getting to closing at the title company and finding out that along with taxes and insurance that HOA fees will be put in an escrow account. Oh, and by the way here is a list of things you can’t do with the property. I was a real estate agent, and would never make the largest purchase most people make without a real estate agent representing me.
Yup… HOAs are a nightmare at times. Not all are bad, just most. But it can dictate nearly everything about your home… the color of the house, the height of the fence, how many cars you can have parked at your house, the color of the flowers planted around your lawn… it’s insane. The biggest issue with most bad HOAs is that the people in charge are power-hungry… to say that they only care about fining other homeowners for their own personal amusement is an understatement.
Honestly… if I had a choice between a cheaper home in an HOA or a more expensive one without… I’d rather pay for the most expensive one.
That being said, there are some HOAs where it’s basically small fees to help pay for snow removal on sidewalks and maintenance of a neighborhood playground… you just have to read the contract and fully understand it before signing it.
yeah, mine only maintains the road we live on (small town, dirt roads, lots of rain. so the road gets washed out and has to be grated smooth again after big rains) and it's a yearly fee of under $200. anything not pertaining to the road (like the length of your grass or color of your house) isn't their concern. but hoas power tripping and making your life miserable is a much more common occurrence than the hands off ones.
HOAs always seemed like a rich people thing for me.
yeah, they're a lot more prevalent (especially the power hungry ones) in and around large cities. not a lot of hoas when there's only a couple of houses in a 5 mile stretch.
What kind of video did you find😂
2:05 😂. Surprising your thoughts about Canibalism preceded that of intentional Genocide of the Native population which initially backfired lol.
The Homeowner's thing is only in developments. You know, where all the cookie-cutter houses are. People are afraid that if your house is only a few feet from theirs and they go to sell, you have a junkyard, farm animals, etc. Your yard looks li8ek a 3rd work country, their property values go down. Now if you live in a more country setting, maybe secluded a little bit, you do what you want. To a point, you can hunt, hang the carckus out, have the car up on blocks, leave stuff all over the lawn, not mow or even have a lawn... No one cares and can do anything even if they did care.
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Bruh, if you can buy livestock you're not in danger of an HOA. Those are pretty much for residential suburbs. My parents have lived in the same place since 1988 and their HOA has never caused a problem. They keep a large housing division looking nice and keeping things safe. But you could defo not have livestock there, lol. That's more for a county property which is what you want.
Some are ok , some are scary strict.. Many won't allow you to fly the American flag.
@@michaelb.3982 - Freedom to Display the American Flag Act of 2005 - States that a condominium association, cooperative association, or residential real estate management association may not adopt or enforce any policy, or enter into any agreement, that would restrict or prevent an association member from displaying the U.S. flag on residential property within the association with respect to which such member has a separate ownership interest or a right to exclusive possession or use.
I think its just important to check the HOA bylaws and ask around some other residents in the neighborhood. I would never tell anyone to stay out of my parents area, but perhaps, because its such a big development, its not such an issue. There is too much too deal with for little people to get a little power and go mad? That would be a worse issue in a smaller community I would think.
NEVER MOVE INTO AN HOA NEVER…Unless you want to not actually live free in a supposedly free country.
Out west grass lawns require plenty of irrigation because most of the west is dry. Lawns out west as a whole look like crap compared to the east.
HOA are for people that think every house should look the same. Great for those snobby people that cant have their neighbors fixing up a classic car in the front yard. Bad for anyone that might want to use their property for anything other than a status symbol. HOA rules are not set in stone. The board can change them. But they rarely ever get relaxed. The rules almost always get stricter. The board is full of nosey, opinionated people. Buying in to one is paying to be ruled over by your neighbors.
Jono, I like my lawn too but I sure don't like the guy in the video spouting anti-Americanisms, one on top of the other.
'Grass doesn't do anything' Grass serves the purpose of keeping soil in place. It is easy to manage for a lawn and looks nice too. I don't want a corn field in my front yard.
I am not a fan of the neck beard that is narrating the video. I know sarcasm and condescension are popular with these new types of humans, but that is why we are in the state that we are.
Yep!
Agreed. Just one more example of UA-cam hubris, where their thought process go something like this: “I’ve had this thought, so the thought must be my opinion, after all, my opinions are always right just by virtue of me having them, so I believe I’ll make a self important, snarky op ed video, so I can continue to stroke my ego.” Go pound sand, ya twit.
Are you saying the problems of our society are caused by sarcasm and condescension?
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Because of those types of people.
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And I didn’t say anything about ‘Problems of our society’. It’s likely that we don’t even agree on what those ‘problems’ are. It’s only my personal opinion from my personal perspective.
It's not a very good representation, only the larney gated communities, HOA's and golf resorts (country clubs) tend to have immaculate lawns and landscaping, you can come upon some pretty unkempt properties just about anywhere.
1:59 I ate a clown one time. It tasted funny.
This was done by liberals for liberals to make liberals happy... We all can choose if we want a lawn or not..
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I was born in 1955 in Levittown, New York. My parents owned the 5th Levitt house built. I have no idea why this guy says the houses had no plumbing. Within 10 years just about everyone added on to their houses, added fences, plants & shrubs. They were affordable nice houses. No one ever mowed their laws once a month. You mowed them when they needed to be mowed. This video stinks. Looks like someone put it together the night before it was due. What a hack job.
Liberals always whine about something..They are never happy ! They want to destroy every tradition we have.
HOAs are the Karenification of home ownership. Neighbors don't like how long it takes you to put away the rubbish bins? You don't mow the lawn at the right times? You want to paint your front door a more welcoming color? Used to be you just dealt with the quirks and idiosyncrasies of your neighbors, or had a polite conversation if it was a serious issue. Now? Busybodies and Karens TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN OR CANNOT DO: CONFORM! OBEY! COMPLY! People who think they have the right to tell others how to live deserve HOAs, the rest of use must not move in where one is in force.
Come on Jono rugby players eat their dead. Uruguay 1972 the book Alive