Magic Space/Muggle Space???

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 50573

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Maria Kirilenko
<maria_kirilenko at y...> wrote:
> 
>  "Steve <bboy_mn at y...>" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> 
> I assume that Diagon Alley is in what I call Magic Space; a
> physically world that is separate from the normal world which I 
> will call Muggle Space. But I have to wonder, how big is this 
> Magic Space and where and how does it end?
> 
> We know that the Magic City extends beyond Diagon Alley since there
> are other magic places we have heard about; Knockturn Alley, the
> Ministry office, St. Mungos Hospital, etc.... Having said that, I 
> have to wonder how big it is and what do you see when you reach 
> the edge of it's boundaries?
> 
> ...edited...
> -end this part-
> 

> Now me: (Maria)
> 
> Maybe neither. What if the Wizard space just keeps repeating itself?
Like, if you'd walked through Diagon allley, then Knockturn Alley, and
then further on, you'd end up in Diagon Alley where you started. 
> -end this part-

bboy_mn:
OK, I like this just because it so cool. 'All Roads Lead to Rome'. You
start walking down Diagon Alley, you walk farther and father, and when
you finally get to the end, you find youself facing the entrance to
the Leaky Cauldron. So you turn around and walk back the way you came,
and walk and walk, and when you get to the end, you are at the Leaky
Cauldron again.

Like a Möbius strip.

Don't know if it's true, but it really is a cool concept.
-bboy_mn-end this part-

> Maria continues:
> 
> I, however, seriously doubt that there is a vast amount of space
there, as somebody (Mr. Weasley IIRC) in GoF mentioned that if would
be impossible to cram all wanting to visit the QWC into Diagon alley.
So even if there are some other streets in Wizarding London, there
probably aren't too many.
> 
> My two Knuts,
> 
> Maria

bboy_mn:
I used to live near a rural town of 18,000. It had rich neighborhoods
and poor neighborhood, business districts, industrial areas, shopping
centers, several schools, many assorted businesses, hotels, motels,
all the things you would expect to find in a town of 18,000.

But you could never bring 100,000 people to this town. It would
hopelessly overwhelm every resouce. It would be standing room only.
And that's only their present, it doesn't even come close to
addressing bringing them all together for one event. It would be
preceived as an event on the level of a disaster.

The obvious point is that the Magic City could still be a
substantially large town, and not be able to accomadate 100,000 people. 

Even 100,000 campers at the World Cup must have used up every
available patch of open land in the area. And what about bathroom
facilities for 100,000? Drinking water for 100,000? Food for 100,000?
I have a feeling many of these problems were solved with magic. 
100,000 muggles decending on the camping district of Scotland would
have also been a disaster. 

Again, the point, Magic City could be pretty big and still not be able
to handle 100,000.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn