because of cost. That's certainly why we drove one for a while.

There's no shame in that. And I'm sure some people prefer some features of a minivan, sliding doors for instance.

But we live in an upper middle class ward (Methusalehs being on the lower end of the financial spectrum), with a large primary.

There might be 1 or 2 minivans in a sea of SUVs in the parking lot on Sundays.

Now sure the fact it's not "cool" to drive a minivan is a factor, but if they were so much better to drive i would think there are plenty of folks who would choose function over form. But there are not.