I have been working on whittling down my list. I have gotten the list down to 20. I have done the list by world region.
I hope to refine the list further to the top seven or so. Let me know if you disagree with any of my choices or if you feel there are any glaring oversights.
Refined list of cities that may receive a temple soon.
1. South America (1. Managua Nicaragua 2. La Paz Bolivia. 3. Quezon City Mexico. 4. Valparaiso Chile. 5. Brasilia Brazil)
2. Pacific (1. Port Moresby Papua New Guinea) 2. Tarawa Kiribati. 3. Auckland New Zealand. 4. Quezon City Philippines)
3. Caribbean (1. San Juan Puerto Rico)
4. Africa (1. Freetown Sierra Leone 2. Kampala Uganda. 3. Nairobi Kenya. 4. Lagos Nigeria)
5. USA (1. Bentonville Arkansas. 2. Missoula Montana. 3. Lehi Utah. 4. Pocatello Idaho)
6. Europe (1. Budapest Hungary 2. Edinburgh Scotland)
I find it really difficult to think about cutting this list further. I think I will go with all of them as possibilities. 20 temples is not that many. Let me know if there are any glaring oversights. Thanks.
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Down to the top 20 most likely temples/Feedback appreciated.
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No major disagreements, just a couple of comments. In Latin America, you list Quezon City, Mexico and I presume you mean Puebla or another Mexican city.
ReplyDeleteI think I would substitute a southern Argentina temple for the Valparaíso Chile temple (perhaps Bahía Blanca or Neuquén). I also would like to see Ulaanbaatar Mongolia on the list, but I don't know which other temple I would remove from your list (perhaps Quezon City Philippines). It all looks quite good and possible. I expect that most or all of these will have temples announced in the next 6-7 years, which would be about 3 per year.
Is there not a Quezon City in Mexico? If not, I would happily substitute Puebla for the nonexistent city. My main reason for listing Valparaiso Chile temple is that I got feedback on this list from Brother Rick Satterfield, who told me that Valparaiso is much more likely than a second for Buenos Aires, though I believe both will one day happen. I think what I will do is change Quezon City Mexico to Puebla Mexico and add Ulaanbaatar Mongolia, which makes sense as a potential temple site. In fact, that's one of the locations I favor because a good friend served his mission there. As far as Argentina goes, I wouldn't mind adding either Bahia Blanca or Neuquen. I might list both as a possibility. I didn't mean by any means to exclude any likely locations. I am only basing my numbers on cursory and preliminary research that I have done. Neither of the cities mentioned are among the most populous cities, nor is the LDS presence particularly strong in either city. I know that people may favor eanither or both of those cities above any that I have listed, but the numbers don't seem to warrant a temple at the moment. You can feel free to disagree with me, but for the moment, that's the way I see it. At any rate, thanks for the comment.
ReplyDeleteI have taken your comments into account, Steven, and I have drawn up an updated list of what is now 25 cities that I believe are most likely to get a temple soon. Please see the link below to view that list:
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I have taken your comments into account, Steven, and I have drawn up an updated list of what is now 25 cities that I believe are most likely to get a temple soon. Please see the link below to view that list:
ReplyDeletehttp://stokessoundsoff.blogspot.com/2016/07/top-25-temples-that-may-be-announced.html