Wizard demographics?

[magpie1112 at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 25522

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Elbereth <elbereth at d...> wrote:
> frantyck at y... wrote:
> >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.
> 
> No reason why there couldn't be several in the States, and at least 
> one here in Canada -- I think I'd favour Newfoundland or Labrador, 
> or hidden in the Rockies, or in the middle of the Prairies, or up 
> in the Territories, or ...  Come to think of it, any place fairly 
> remote from the Muggles would work fine!  


It could be that North Am. is home to many small schools.  I'd think 
there would be smaller schools scattered throughout Canada, Mexico 
and the US.  But in terms of a big, "important" school (to rival 
Hogwarts) I'm banking on Canada.  There's lots of space to tuck away 
a large wizarding school in the western areas of Canada, so it would 
be perfect.  And since Hogwarts is probaby in Scotland rather than 
England, I'd bet a North Am. school would also be up north.  It would 
still give us Americans all kinds of possibilites with the smaller 
schools (surfer wizards in Santa Cruz, CA!  "traditionalist" witches 
in Salem, MA!)  Just a thought.


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