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by detaro 4100 days ago
How long are grave sites kept in the US? Here in Germany they are reused (25 years is a common period), and family graves are "people buried stacked".
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As far as I know burial plots are not reused in the US. You generally buy the plot in perpetuity.
It varies. There are sometimes problems with private or small cemeteries that are run by an association running out of funds (or the association can end up with no members left).

A search for "cemetery disrepair" returns lots and lots of local news stories.

People buried stacked is not entirely uncommon in the US though.