We're not so bad (or maybe I just drank the koolaid). The usual wrist slappings involve people parking big boats in the driveway and blocking sidewalks.
I believe they have their place...the one I dealt with though was 'managed' by a retired Army Property Manager...a couple days after we moved in the wife and I were out clearing the front yard to put a lawn in and he wandered by asking us when we were going to bring the place up to standards...he almost died that day.