I get the feeling it's more likely to become a high-rise meth lab than any kind of utopian farming commune.

All of the property has been purchased now by third parties looking to renovate it and reuse it, but who the hell knows if any of it will ever turn a profit again. The megachurch industry was never very good at keeping this game up for very long. People's enthusiasm tends to slip after a while. It's like, why bother pretending this is as good as a beachfront property with hot college students wandering around playing in the surf?

"Evangelical meth lab" has kind of a nice ring to it

I wasn't thinking of it becoming a utopian farming commune or anything of the sort.

How many working-class families do you know who would be more than happy to be given a chance at a free home? They could still have jobs, but without having to worry about making rent or mortgage every month, think what they could do.

A nice thought, but my guess is that it's in the middle of nowhere and near nothing useful.

This isn't a town waiting to happen, it's a pointless development that never should have existed in the first place.

Appropriate soundtrack on the videos, though.

If by the middle of nowhere you mean Fort Mill, South Carolina, then yes.

I can't tell what the deal is with Tammy Faye. She had to be at least partially complicit in all of the shady PTL shit, right? But every time I've seen her, post-divorce at least, she's seemed like a genuinely great person. Her documentary was great and she was so likable while on the Surreal Life that even Vanilla Ice loved her.