Never lived at SD but had some experience in a similar community in Florida.
Board of directors were a tight knit group of year round owners who set rules to their liking. If they wanted new tennis courts or bike trails, they simply voted them in while the seasonal residents were away and we all got the assessment in the mail.....and in Florida, assessments have the same stature as a mortgage and have to be paid.
It seemed as though the community was their life. Most of them constantly patroled in golf carts and heaven help you if you planted a shrub, made a small improvement or parked a boat trailer in your driveway overnight.
Couldn't get out of there fast enough and now we have a single family home with great neighbors. Nice to hear kids playing again...people going to work, retiree's puttering outside......some even working on their boats (horrors)
Back to normal and loving it.
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