Wizard demographics?

[frantyck at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25401

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., usergoogol at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., frantyck at y... wrote:
>> The only solid number we seem to have is the number of Hogwarts
>> students (1000).
> 
> That's not undisputed of course. If I remember right from the
> Lexicon, some theorize that there are merely about 280. (10
> students per house (five of each gender) 40 of each year, 280 of
> all seventy.) There's actually quite a bit of reasoning behind
> this, but one of the more experienced members would be better at
> explaining it.

Thanks, usergoogol, for the Lexicon pointer. Should have known to 
look more carefully there! I still don't like any of the figures 
much, though.

> > Lastly: Where would you think wizarding schools would be in your 
> country?
> 
> Well, in my yet-to-be-written fanfic, I put a school in Minnesota, 
which I think is nice (rural, centrally located) also, maybe 
something could be in... oh... the Salem/Boston region. Um, there 
might be one deeply hidden in the Rocky Mountains.

You know, the idea of a wizarding school in New York City sounds 
great. Probably wouldn't surprise New Yorkers much. A great big 
warehouse (tall enough for Quidditch) or a large, nondescript 
building with no visible entrance...

Or Canada. On some craggy coast. Arrr.