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A comment on America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches. Parent comment

Re:America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches by quickthrower2 on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @10:03PM (#18557693)
In the UK they get turned into pubs.
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Re:America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches by ssmmww on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @10:51PM (#18557927)
Incidentally, more than 25% of UK pubs have closed since 2001:

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/26/uk-pub-clos...

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Re:America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches by quickthrower2 on Thursday November 29, 2018 @04:38AM (#18559078)
Not surprised. There are a LOT of pubs. You can live in the middle of nowhere and have a local pub nearby. And the big chain pubs offer cheap food/drinks and nice refurbished areas so it is going to be hard to compete I am sure.
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