Completely missed the tech-heavy features of owning your own home:

Wire your network however you like. Those walls are yours.

Invest in as much solar power as you want. The only limit is the sun itself.

Want to be a Ham? Be a ham. The antenna goes wherever you want.

Charge your EV as long as you want. The EV charger is yours and only yours.

Also, do you want a cat? A dog? A massive tree? Just get it. Nobody can say no.

For virtually all new construction in USA, HOAs influence a lot of your freedom in these items

Depends very much on the region/country/jurisdiction/county you're living in.

Walls are your's? Not when it falls under some heritage laws/building codes which forbid too much deviation from the original.

As much solar as you want? Again, very much depends on not disturbing someone elses view, or the 'general character' of the surrounding landscape. OFC again dependent on jurisdiction.

Big bad antenna? See above. Cats 'n dogs, again dependent on country/county. The same for tree.

All of this applies to some regions only, where your next neighbour is far away, out of sight, usually.

And even then you can have shit like 'water rights', like in Colorado.

You must not live in California. A lot of these are actually regulated by the state.