Muggle Places

[Andrew Preston]

No: HPFGUIDX 17907

Muggle Places:

Privet Drive, London Locations

There really isn't much to say about the Muggle areas. We don't see them all
too much in the books. Harry lives, of course, on Privet Drive. There is hardly
any mention of his neighbors. The Dursley's announce loudly that they got a new
car, but we don't meet any neighbors (wouldn't want them to be exposed to the
wizard). Harry wanders around outside for a little while, walking down the
street, sitting on a curb, before being picked up by the Knight bus. Nothing
exceptional there... just a regular street. (We see, or think we see, Sirius in
the shadows of an alley, but he's everywhere)

King's cross is a little bit better. We know that Harry gets on the train at
Platform 9 . There is a solid metal wall at the end of Platform 9 that Harry
has to run through to get the Hogwarts Express Platform. They have to be
careful to be inconspicuous to the Muggles. There isn't much else to say.

Questions:

1)	Do any other trains run on Platform 9 ? Wouldn't it be wasteful for a      
platform to run only twice a year, to school and back?
2)	Is it a magic train? Does the whole thing only appear for the few hours     
 it's used? Wouldn't there be fear of discovery if they left the whole         
           thing up all the time? Or is it wizard locked somehow? You guys
answer the       question, not me :]
3)	Who else lives on Privet Drive? Anybody important to our story?
4)	What have I missed? Anything important? What about the areas in Book 4      
      that the wizards go exploring to find Portkeys? How do they keep those   
   keys secret? What happens if somebody just picks up the litter to throw it  
          away? Do they get ported?

That's all. Sorry it isn't better.






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