They have orders to toss my body in a dumpster behind a 7-11.
I think they offer rental caskets for the show, and a cardboard box for the burial. Pretty cheap that.
I’ve always wanted to be buried in a pine casket. My wife scheduled the burial for next week!
Many are, especially in larger metropolitan areas. Small town and rural areas, not at all. In fact, breaking into the ‘funeral biz’ in a smaller market with it’s long-established family-run funeral home is a fools errand.
The funeral culture has been morphing significantly in the past generation, with a real move away from the old-style ‘show your wealth’ send-offs of the past.
My kids and future grandkids are getting small portions of ashes and GPS coordinates for each. Their task is to go and scatter them at these interesting places I’d like them to see (that I didn’t have a chance to take them to).