About one in six people in the nation, or roughly 50 million residents, lives in a community governed by a homeowners association, from co-op buildings in New York City to suburban subdivisions.

But only 40 percent of those surveyed said they would buy their next home in a community governed by an >association.

Two key sentences I found in reading the article here with Sunday breakfast. Close to 20 % of the US population is outside the ham radio market. Echolink is okay but not rf ham radio for these folks. I wonder how fast this real estates segment is growing? It also appears that there are many who are disstisfied with either the concept or the particular implimentation they encountered. We may have some potential patrners going forward in our attempt to overturn HOA antenna bans. 73 de Frank...N2FF.....