Journalist Jeff Karoub wrote for The Associated Press 12 May 2015:
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Beth Olem Cemetery is like many aging, final resting places, with assorted tombstones in varying condition, sizes and styles, surrounded by a brick wall and iron gate. Yet surrounding it on all sides is an unusual neighbor: a massive automotive plant. ...In the early 1860s, members of what's now called Congregation Shaarey Zedek secured the burial ground...

"You can only come when GM says you can come"
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And life goes on...

Time has a way of changing things. Societies crumble, and other societies are built upon the ruins. Land use changes, and cemetaries are moved for the changing times. What is the use of burying bodies if, at a later date, they are then moved to another location? Why not just reduce the body to ashes in all cases, and then scatter the ashes to the winds?