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SO, WHERE DO YOU LIVE? WHAT DO YOU DO?


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Read the story in The Atlantic  here.

 

When we were in Greenville SC recently, I was surprised to learn that a very common follow-up to the greeting of “How do you do?” or “Nice to meet you,” is the question “Where do you go to church?” I wrote about it here.

Lots of you wrote in about this question,  “Where do you go to church?” Some of you considered the question to be intrusive and even offensive. From a reader in Washington DC: “If someone asked me ‘Where do you go to church?’ I’d be flummoxed at least and offended at worst.” Others were not at all flummoxed, and wondered why I would be surprised. And on a web forum at city-data.com discussing just this question, writers from places as distinct as rural Maine and Kentucky said this expression is commonly heard.

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