Wednesday, November 12, 2008

How many churches?

Korean Church

Seriously, how many Korean churches can you pack into about two square blocks? I counted 11 along a stretch of Orangethorpe in Buena Park. Most have started within the last two years. Most have taken over locations occupied by real businesses (and a damn good bar). I've watched the transformation of an industrial/business park into a religious zone in despair. Each new church robs my community of tax revenue while at the same time guarantying annoying visits by Korean missionaries.

On a drive over the weekend, I saw that an entire strip mall was vacated with the promise of yet another Korean church to come. I would rather see another Korean restaurant.

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bullet · 857 weeks ago

There were three in two blocks of 21st street when I lived in Queens. That's 21st Street in Queens, not Manhattan. One was a CoC and another was Catholic. I forget the third.

There really weren't enough Koreans in my neighborhood to fill all three. I always thought that was pretty funny.
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Mojoey 107p · 857 weeks ago

I think my city is transforming into a little Korea. That's cool. The food is good and the people are cool. I just don't understand why they need one church per family.
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tnskeptic · 857 weeks ago

I became a transplant to Memphis, Tn from Orange County, Ca. 19 years ago. I was living in Huntington Beach in the mid '70's when the disk golf course was first built in Central Park. It was popular right from the start and I'm glad to see it's more popular than ever.

Anyway back to the subject. One of the suburbs of Memphis is Germantown, Tn. It is more affluent than most areas around Memphis and I am aware of a good sized Jewish community there. I have never been aware of a particularly big Korean community in the this area. For the last 19 years I have daily been driving past the "Germantown Korean Baptist Church". It always seem to kind of strike me as one of those "only in America" kind of thing. The building appears to be a private home converted to a church and I haven't seen any expansion in all these years. Until I read today's blog post I really wasn't aware of Korean churches in any large numbers.

BTW, does Little Saigon in central OC have many Vietnamese churches like the Korean neighborhoods do?
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Lugosi · 856 weeks ago

I agree. Forget about the Mexicans taking over. It's the Koreans we need to be worried about. In fact, I think the whole debate over illegal immigrants is a clever diversion started by the Koreans.

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