In towns where property taxes on a single family home can run more than $12K per year, do you know how many property lots are lost to a religious institution? Whether or not it has a school attached, there is always a parking lot required; lots of property involved. These areas don’t lack churches; they have them from before independence. Many of the new requests are mosques, Hindu temples, and ethnic Catholic congregations; recently in the news here in NJ the issue of dormitories for Jewish schools has come up as well.
>> In towns where property taxes on a single family home can run more than $12K per year, do you know how many property lots are lost to a religious institution? <<
ZERO. That’s the point. Value comes from demand, not some inherent value.
>> These areas don’t lack churches; they have them from before independence. Many of the new requests are mosques, Hindu temples, and ethnic Catholic congregations; <<
Congratulations. That may be the most stupid thing I’ve ever seen posted on Free Republic. Yeah, those eye-talians don’t need no Papist churches; they can exercise their right to free expression of religion by going to one of these nice Baptist churches we already have!!!
Never talk to me again.