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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by hannasanarion on Sunday November 04, 2018 @12:56PM (#18377098)
Permanent individual graves is a modern anglosphere thing. In Europe, grave plots are normally rented, and if the family stops paying, the remains are moved to a mass grave or cremated and the plot is re-used.
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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by ryacko on Sunday November 04, 2018 @04:11PM (#18378076)
“cemetery associations often are required to establish and fund perpetual or maintenance trust funds”

Graveyards are hardly subsidized, they are for-profit businesses, and even if they run out of space, could survive through two major depressions before bankruptcy.

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Re:Cemeteries are landfills, and can contain all sorts of po... by Alex3917 on Sunday November 04, 2018 @11:33PM (#18379885)
> Graveyards are hardly subsidized

How much in land taxes do they pay?

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