[mugs99]

I suspect that the number of churches will be self-limiting, based on the population of the town.

The churches don't depend on the population of the town. The worshipers are from out of town. Those churches are bleeding the taxpayers of the town to fatten their own pockets.
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[proudpapa]

Sounds like they need a good Christian bookstore and a higher sales tax.

[MineralMan]

"The churches don't depend on the population of the town. The worshipers are from out of town. Those churches are bleeding the taxpayers of the town to fatten their own pockets.
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Ah, I see. So the 29,000 people in Stafford don't attend church? Is that what you're saying? That seems quite unlikely to me.

Or, perhaps, they all go to another suburb to attend services.

What you wrote makes no sense at all.

[Alex Murphy]

The churches don't depend on the population of the town. The worshipers are from out of town. Those churches are bleeding the taxpayers of the town to fatten their own pockets.

I guess the town is also willing to give up the revenue from 51 churches' worth of IHOP receipts, from all those people grabbing a bite to each after service.