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Turn it all into housing, schooling, clinics, and community centers. It's already happening in some cities. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-30/

Turn it all into housing, schooling, clinics, and community centers. It's already happening in some cities. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-30/a-case-for-turning-empty-malls-into-housing https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-30/a-case-fo... https://livability.com/topics/love-where-you-live/retail-resurrection-7-abandoned-malls-that-found-new-life https://livability.com/topics/love-where-you-live/retail-res...

pyuser583 6y ago
Not churches?
- jasonpeacock 6y ago
  Churches are in decline, there's no demand for more of them. http://readytoharvest.com/2019/05/18/the-decline-of-mainline-churches-in-america/ http://readytoharvest.com/2019/05/18/the-decline-of-mainline... https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/ https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christ... https://www.christianpost.com/news/1-in-5-churches-face-closure-within-18-months-due-to-covid-19-shutdowns-barna-president.html https://www.christianpost.com/news/1-in-5-churches-face-clos...
  - pyuser583 6y ago
    For many communities, churches are the community centers/libraries/cultural centers. They preform functions identical to the organizations you mentioned - although they do other things as well. Regarding demand, your sources indirectly say over 100 million Americans attend church regularly (“43% of Americans”). That’s a big number. Regardless, the issue isn’t just demand, but supply. The “market” for churches is extremely local. If large number of Filipinos arrive in San Francisco, their demand for churches won’t be met by an excess of Southern Baptist churches in Dallas. I understand that separation of Church and State. But creating schools, immunities centers, etc. is a function NGO civil society groups. Groups like that have historically helped create Churches, especially for immigrant groups whose demand isn’t met by “native” churches. Many historically Catholic parishes were created with support from Episcopal parishes. Not for religious reasons, but because they recognized that the German/Irish immigrants benefited from them. That dynamic hasn’t gone away, even if only 100 million Americans attend church regularly.
- seized 6y ago
  There are more than enough of those already.
  - pyuser583 6y ago
    How many is “enough”?

pyuser583 6y ago

Not churches?

jasonpeacock 6y ago
Churches are in decline, there's no demand for more of them. http://readytoharvest.com/2019/05/18/the-decline-of-mainline-churches-in-america/ http://readytoharvest.com/2019/05/18/the-decline-of-mainline... https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/ https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christ... https://www.christianpost.com/news/1-in-5-churches-face-closure-within-18-months-due-to-covid-19-shutdowns-barna-president.html https://www.christianpost.com/news/1-in-5-churches-face-clos...
- pyuser583 6y ago
  For many communities, churches are the community centers/libraries/cultural centers. They preform functions identical to the organizations you mentioned - although they do other things as well. Regarding demand, your sources indirectly say over 100 million Americans attend church regularly (“43% of Americans”). That’s a big number. Regardless, the issue isn’t just demand, but supply. The “market” for churches is extremely local. If large number of Filipinos arrive in San Francisco, their demand for churches won’t be met by an excess of Southern Baptist churches in Dallas. I understand that separation of Church and State. But creating schools, immunities centers, etc. is a function NGO civil society groups. Groups like that have historically helped create Churches, especially for immigrant groups whose demand isn’t met by “native” churches. Many historically Catholic parishes were created with support from Episcopal parishes. Not for religious reasons, but because they recognized that the German/Irish immigrants benefited from them. That dynamic hasn’t gone away, even if only 100 million Americans attend church regularly.
seized 6y ago
There are more than enough of those already.
- pyuser583 6y ago
  How many is “enough”?