Wow, after reading all the above, I guess our POA covenants are really relaxed. Of course, instead of a HOA, we have a POA (property owners assn.) We are at least five miles out of town, way down on the extreme South end of the State. Out here we do have EXTREMELY relaxed "rules" but no one ever seems to complain about anything that I am aware of. In the seventeen years that we have been in this POA, I have never regretted having to be in this Association.
Guess we really lucked out moving down here.

Up in the General Discussion thread about "Target shooting on your own land", I commented about my target shooting on my little place.