Eli5 what happens if a cemetery runs out of space to bury bodies?
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Depending on where in the world you are, a cemetery plot is not necessarily for lif- uh… forever. Sometimes it is, but sometimes laws allow for disinterment after a set period, sometimes contractually outlines in the purchase agreement. Otherwise cemeteries expand or raise their prices for grave plots, the nature of supply and demand really just means that once one option becomes prohibitively expensive, other options will become more popular.
On that note, funerals and burials are on the decline in the West in general and the US in particular. Fewer people are religious, and a lot of people have learned that the funeral industry is in many ways a giant and expensive scam. Options such as cremation or alternatives to reduce the overall volume of the corpse are increasingly popular while “traditional” burial is declining.
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