Having only attended big, old churches since I was a kid (um, when I go, that is) I assumed that was the point of a church--to be old and impressive. You're supposed to walk in, look up and think, whoa, this is where God lives, or at least hangs out sometimes.
Recently we joined the local church and it's totally different. Imagine if Toll Brothers built a church. It's cheap and modern and it has a mortgage!
Where is the towering stained glass? Where is the mosaic ceiling? The ancient gothic pews? The massive stone walls? But the worst thing is that the entire institution seems to be designed to extract money from you. They pass the basket not just once, but several times per service ("Please dig deep for the capital improvement fund!") I suspect that the priest sometimes stands at the entrance to the parking lot with a squeegee and bucket cleaning windshields for quarters.
They sent us a friggin' coupon book for weekly giving. Every church newsletter is focused on donations.
That's not how it's supposed to be. The God I believe in isn't short of cash either.