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Merlot

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9. There are 5 churches on one main street near me.

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #3)

Fri May 3, 2019, 10:46 AM

May 2019

They suck up a large portion of streetfront property without contributing to the community. The city is considering a half-cent tax because of a shortage in the budget. And this is a city with very high property values.

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Painful Question: Why do so many Catholic parishes die? [View all] trotsky May 2019 OP

Living alone as a celebate priesthood in a small town crazytown May 2019 #1

What's painful about it? Cartoonist May 2019 #2

And the property returns to the real estate tax base exboyfil May 2019 #3

There are 5 churches on one main street near me. Merlot May 2019 #9

People move, neighborhoods change. Freethinker65 May 2019 #4

Irrelevancy? Scandal? Boredom? MineralMan May 2019 #5

As people deal with their Wellstone ruled May 2019 #12

It's only painful for the church coffers bitterross May 2019 #6

In Europe, disinterest in organized religion has already grown in many parts. Eyeball_Kid May 2019 #7

A friend of mine lived in an appartment in a converted old church Merlot May 2019 #11

White flight from central city and members dying off RandySF May 2019 #8

Established religions are dying out. We are just going the way that Europe went after WWII MaryMagdaline May 2019 #10