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Typical-Radish4317 t1_ixxoify wrote

Reply to comment by pk10534 in Five houses targeted for demolition in Mount Vernon historic district by Rubysdad1975

Bro this isn't some local church strapped for cash. It has 560 parishes and 500k members. Why you defending this so hard?

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pk10534 t1_ixxpffo wrote

Because I’ve yet to hear a compelling argument from the other side. I’m supposed to believe the church wanted a garden so badly that they concocted this decades long scheme to let the buildings deteriorate that completely hinged upon getting approval to tear them down from the preservation/zoning board?

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Typical-Radish4317 t1_ixxqbl4 wrote

You do realize that is exactly what is happening all around the city right? Like this isn't a new thing. Developers have been buying up and leaving thousands of houses across the city. It's not that the church is evil they are just engaging in the same bullshit as every other scummy developer in the city. Except they are doing it in the affluent part of the city.

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pk10534 t1_ixzgfh8 wrote

You’re conflating redeveloping property into a profit-making building versus a garden. Not the same

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