If there are supermassive black holes at the center of most galaxies, why are there not massive stars at the center of galaxies as well?

Question

If there are supermassive black holes at the center of most galaxies, why are there not massive stars at the center of galaxies as well?

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Answer 1

There’s a limit to how massive a star can be before the thermal pressure from inside succumbs to the gravitational pull of its mass. And that limit is far below of what’s needed to hold a whole galaxy together.