I despise HOA rules with a passion, and feel for anyone that is stuck living under them...
Right now I living in the perfect location to laugh at HOA rules, I live on a 30 acre unincorporated farm, no local, town or city rules to follow, and we are zoned residential estate, basically the same as being zoned agriculture they just tax buildings differently depending on use and I can't have an airstrip

But, right across the street is an incorporated gated retirement community that of course has a HOA, as well as city ordinances they have to follow... Lets just say they don't exactly appreciate some of the things I'm able to do and have even called the po-po many a time to no avail as I'm not breaking any laws even if they don't like what I'm doing across the street... I have started to actually call the police department in advance to let them know when I'm doing something like going out for some target practice, unfortunately it doesn't help much because their policy is to follow up on all reports of gun fire, so they come out anyway for the obligatory wellness check, but at least calling ahead they don't show up with sirens and lights anymore... Even had the gate guard call the fire department on me for a burn barrel last month, the fire departments (two departments respond do to my location) and the po-po showed up (as they must for a 911 report of a fire) shaking their heads for the gate guard wasting their time and resources... They told me they had a talk with him, so maybe he got a clue...