Sure, that maintenance goes to something. It pays for the pool, the trash collectors, the gym, and the community. Some Condos even go so far as to have Supermarkets, Starbucks, and Ice Cream Shops right below. Oh, the horrible convenience!

But that word community is the clincher. The gyms at these places are usually terrible, and what happens if you want to go to your own gym? Or, hell, get a Bowflex, or whatever it is Chuck Norris is selling now? You can, but you’re not going to get any of your maintenance money back. It’s assigned for the community. And tomorrow, the community may decide it needs more maintenance.

Then it occurred to me.

Condos are nothing more than little communist societies. They are the absolutely hypocritical hallmark of capitalistic American wealth. And we love them.