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by mitsakos 2385 days ago
No, that's not true. The reason that was done was because of a regulation that forced the electrical grid to treat church grid connection in an expedited manner. So one would built a house with a tiny church and would file papers for expedited connection to the grid. That was happening in places that were sparsely built and the cost of the grid to reach a house was great.