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While this is obviously a bit of a popular lore, I suspect it may be partially true, if only at a city level. Hollywood perhaps?
by mikey_p 12y ago
While this is obviously a bit of a popular lore, I suspect it may be partially true, if only at a city level. Hollywood perhaps?
- CamperBob2 12y agoThere are certainly cases where churches own a vast portion of urban real estate, all tax-free. I'd be amazed if churches didn't own a plurality of the land in the greater Oklahoma City area, for instance. It's funny how "The power to tax is the power to destroy" doesn't apply to any of the other entities mentioned in the First Amendment. Scientology is probably too small to own much of LA. Clearwater, FL, on the other hand, may be a different story.
- akgerber 12y agoTrinity Church is still one of the largest Manhattan landholders, descending from a royal land grant: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Church_%28Manhattan%29#Property_holdings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Church_%28Manhattan%29#...