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Daily Archives: January 13, 2026

Congregation Deserts?

Census Data, Civic Engagement, Ecology Frame, Neighborhoods & Contexts, Walking ToursBy Nancy AmmermanJanuary 13, 2026

We hear a lot about ‘food deserts’ or ‘health care deserts.’ But are there ‘congregation deserts’? That is, neighborhoods where there simply aren’t any nearby places for religious gathering.   When the Boston Globe did a story about a neighborhood grappling with questions about a major redevelopment project, they noted that neighbors had a hard…

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