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Re:America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches by justinph on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @10:27PM (#18557812)
Nope, it's a good thought. Churches are a tremendous waste of land that could be put to good use, often in the middle of cities. Many of our cities have affordable housing crises and churches sit empty all but a few hours of the week. I'd love to see the useless land re-developed for people to live in and put back on the tax rolls.
Re:America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches by code_duck on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @10:33PM (#18557844)
The town in which I lived in Minnesota had a few churches come up for sale. The price was not much higher than a typical home in the neighborhood. Some friends bought one, and it was a unique place to share between roommates. Definitely a nice building.
Re:America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches by mschaef on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @10:53PM (#18557933)
Interesting. Most of the churches I'm aware of around Philly that would fall into the 'for sale' category seem like they'd be utter maintenance disasters. (ie: very expensive to keep up up, heated, maintained, etc.)