Do you think HOA's should be able to

[LeftInTX]

170. Yes, but that has not worked out very well. Those pool memberships are optional.

We belonged to a pool and tennis club before moving out here. It was in a part of town with no HOA's and I believe the only reason they could keep it going was their tennis team. Other membership pools seem to struggle. We joined a pool near my parents house when I first moved here with my parents. It was nice, but eventually, it folded.

The Y has a pool and some of the health clubs have pools (Gold's Gym shuttered all their pools permanently when Covid hit)
The local school district has a pool also.
However, school districts in lower income areas don't have swim teams and don't have pools.
Still those pools just don't offer the same as a local pool. (I live 1/4 mile from the pool)
The HOAs have swim teams also, which is another motivation to keep the pools open.

HOA membership dues are mandatory and it keeps the pools open.

I live in hot Texas. My Mexican in-laws never learned to swim because pools were not available for them. It's still kinda like that. It's not racism as much as economics.

My HOA membership is only $200/year. The pool that we used to belong to is $385/year.


Here's a pic of my front yard from about 15 years ago:



It's xeriscape and in Texas, HOA's can't prohibit xeriscape. They can prohibit overgrowth. You can see I also have that going on here too. I try to keep it in check. We have not been bothered by them. One time this guy asked me to prune my oaks because they were hanging over the street and I politely schooled him about oak wilt. That's the only time I've had issues.