[HPforGrownups] Puzzling Question

[Herald Talia]

No: HPFGUIDX 24394

> If, indeed, the Wizards live interspersed throughout England, among 
> the
><snip> If wizard live interspesed with Muggles, doesnt it get kind of
lonely? Or are they several spates of
> several Wizarding families living in one neighborhood, where they 
> can get
> together? The Leaky Cauldron and Diagon Alley are in faraway London;
> where do the Weasleys, for instance, do their shopping? Apparate 
> over to
> London every few days? Order by Wizarding Catalogues? IF they have 
> no
> phone, isn't Molly utterly lonely during the day, doing her 
> housework
> without company? I can't do my housework without talking on the 
> phone
> inthe meantime -- it's verrrry lonely.

Yes, they can just Apparate any time they want to over to a friend. I'm
sure there's a magical communication means - like the fire. There's also
the WWN to get entertainment from. And I bet Molly's housework isn't too
onerous - she does have that wand to help out.
Which leads me to another question - Molly's kids are out of the house,
she's a Hogwarts graduate who was in Gryffindor, so we can assume she's
intelligent and competent - why doesn't she get a job? It seems like all
the working women in the Potterverse are single. (McGonagall, Rita
Skeeter - who'd live with her? Prof. Trelawney, Prof. Sprout, Berth
Jorkins - who did not have a husband or kids to initiate a search for
her.) Can anyone help me out here?
Another question - is there a distance limit on Apparating? (please
forgive me if it's been discussed or is in the lexicon. I don't have Web
access at this time.)