A megachurch is located in a suburban neighborhood. Because roughly 7,000 people attend services each week, traffic in the neighborhood is a nuisance to those living there. The church is seeking city permission to expand its parking lot and city financial investment to increase the number of lanes on the road leading to the church-decisions that members of the local neighborhood association fear will lead to even more traffic. The city has hired a sociologist to study the situation and offer a recommendation. What level of analysis is the sociologist conducting?

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The sociologist is conducting an intermediate sociological analysis because the situation involves a specific community (the suburban neighborhood and the megachurch) and its dynamics, which is more focused than macrosociological analysis but broader than microsociological analysis, which typically focuses on individual or small group interactions.

A Megachurch Is Located in a Suburban Neighborhood