#jmc

The basic idea may seem good enough on the surface, an org for local people to organize and coordinate stuff to do with their homes, but under the surface lies a huge bevy of problems.

HOAs often give more power to land owners proportional to their property ownership within the bounds of the HOA's jurisdiction, which is inherently unbalanced, and results in the wealthy, as well as real estate companies, to have an outsized influence in decisions; while at the same time completely disenfranchising those who aren't direct home owners. Need I remind you that the majority of people do not own homes, and instead live in family or loved ones' homes or they rent, without even mentioning those without a roof over their heads at all, but who nonetheless are a part of the community and whose voices should be heard.

Not to mention the bent the most if not all HOAs have towards conformity, which limits free speech. Example: Some HOAs do not allow gay flags to be displayed. If this kind of thing was just the opinion of some local chucklefuck chuds with no power to enforce those opinions, that'd be annoying, but ultimately a nonissue; but oftentime HOAs are either given express legal permission to enforce their rules, or enact pressure on residents anyway, even if they don't "have "technically" have that authority. This can result in threats, defacement of noncompliant properties, etc.

Oh! Glad you asked!

"JMC" is just shorthand that I use in tagging posts. It stands for Just My Content. If you go to my blog and click/search the tag, you see posts where I am directly saying or doing something, whereas reblogs without commentary (as they are not tagged jmc) will not appear.

The #jmc tag therefore includes all posts where I respond to asks, reblogs of questions I asked where someone else answered, my art, my shitposts, etc. all in one convenient place.