If you have wonderful neighbors, HOAs are unnecessary.

If you have horrible neighbors you will wish you had one.

Unless those horrible neighbors are part of the HOA's board.

Or maybe I'd be circumspect to recognize that my neighbors having rights is just the price of me having rights, just like I'm not in favor of a police state even if it means that sometimes people will commit crimes. Who knows!

I have horrible neighbors and no HOA. I do not wish I was apart of an HOA.