[HPforGrownups] Re: Wizard demographics?

[Catherine Keegan]

No: HPFGUIDX 25526

At 02:59 PM 9/4/01 +0000, you wrote:
>--- 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...
> > >
>It could be that North Am. is home to many small schools.    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.

Hmm.  My mental picture of US Wizardry is not the same as the UK 
version.  The UK wizard population seems to be in little enclaves or tucked 
on the edges of  small villages (except Hogsmeade, of course).  I think the 
US wizards live among the muggles.  But, to have a Quidditch team, you'd 
have to have your schools tucked away.  Or, have an enclosed playing 
field.  Aren't there a lot of private schools on the east coast?  Salem 
must surely have one around.  I can easily see one tucked into Big Sur or 
somewhere around the northern west coast.

One of the things I found myself wondering was whether the muggle 
authorities know about the wizards at all?  When the kids are born, are 
they born in a hospital and therefore acknowledged in the bureaucratic 
paperwork or are all of the legalistic bits kept within their 
society?  There was a bit where Fudge had notified the British Prime 
Minister about Sirius.  I wonder what the PM thought about the Minister of 
Magic?  Or, does that just fit into the rest of the British political system?

Hmmm, too many things to ponder.  I'm hoping the HOL's history of magic 
class tries to answer some of the questions.  They still haven't posted the 
class rosters yet!

Catherine
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