Harry Potter reaction thread

[Imran Siddiqui]

All they mentioned is a school in Salem (obviously), but apparently there are many, unnamed, schools that exist all over the US.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
HA, Hamptons... they'd take Cape May and Long Beach Island over the Hamptons any day.

Hogwarts would definetly prefer the nicer area in Western NJ. You never know, Steve Forbes is eccentric enough that he might be a powerful wizard.

Yeah, but you (and Steve Forbes) are crazy. Much more powerful wizards (if eccentricity is a prerequisite) live in NYC.

And western Jersey? You mean the part were you only have 10 chemical dumps per person, not 20? Wow....

Besides, NYC is closer to NE (and Salem) than the pit of despair..I mean, Jersey...

[Drake Tungsten]

Are we just supposed to believe that all the best wizards in the world are from Europe, the U.K. in particular? Are there any kick-ass American wizards I haven't read about yet, or does the greatest country on Earth get the shaft in the Potter universe?

[GePap]

The Kid is british. No reason to have said much about the US. (you don;t hear about any chinese or Indian or japanese wizards either).maybe in later books, but I think it unlikely. I guess the old and establised communisites of Europe might not socialize much with the new ones of the colonies.

[Imran Siddiqui]

And western Jersey? You mean the part were you only have 10 chemical dumps per person, not 20? Wow....

Says the person who hasn't strayed two feet from ghettovil... eh, New York .

Try driving a little.... no more than 30 miles from the trashheap called the city you should see massive farms and horses running in fields. Maybe you'll see the great cranberry, blueberry, and tomato yields New Jersey is famous for. Maybe you'll even see a farmer's market on the side of road. You'll definetly see plenty of stables and farms before you hit the Delaware River.

You know, places wizards would love.

Jersey is only the best state in the union, what have you got to fear?

[Drake Tungsten]

If there were powerful wizards in America and Asia, don't you think that Dumbledore et al might have brought them in to combat You-Know-Who? Not that any of this is very important, but it just struck me as odd when I was reading last night. I'd have liked to see Rowling make the wizarding community more global; it would've been cooler that way.

[Imran Siddiqui]

If there were powerful wizards in America and Asia, don't you think that Dumbledore et al might have brought them in to combat You-Know-Who?

Hmmm, that is kinda interesting. Though I wonder if Voldemort is a localized thing. You know like other countries have their own dark wizard problems, etc.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Says the person who hasn't strayed two feet from ghettovil... eh, New York .

Oh, the poor folks of the Upper east side and their 10m apartments, living in the Ghetto... Oh, and I have been in great caribbean paradise spots, and NYC still rules!

Try driving a little.... no more than 30 miles from the trashheap called the city you should see massive farms and horses running in fields. Maybe you'll see the great cranberry, blueberry, and tomato yields New Jersey is famous for. Maybe you'll even see a farmer's market on the side of road. You'll definetly see plenty of stables and farms before you hit the Delaware River.

Wow, stables and farms...yup, that's what i want to see, farms...NOT! Ican get porduce from anywhere in the world here in NYC, the pick of the best of the entire wolrd. I don;lt have to wait for the mutated donkey hauling that cart to get to my house to deliver some local produce.

Jersey is only the best state in the union, what have you got to fear?

If the Union is made up of one state whose name ends starts with N and ends in Y, then you are right.

[Drake Tungsten]

Hmmm, that is kinda interesting. Though I wonder if Voldemort is a localized thing. You know like other countries have their own dark wizard problems, etc.

If that were true, then Harry Potter wouldn't be much of a celebrity outside the U.K. That would be an interesting twist.

[monolith94]

"HA, Hamptons... they'd take Cape May and Long Beach Island over the Hamptons any day."

I once had a girlfriend from Cape May...

I plan on never going to Cape May.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Drake, yeah, he's never been out of the country. In GoF did any other school people recognize him?

[Imran Siddiqui]

I plan on never going to Cape May.

Ah, you should. It's beautiful down there. Nice B&Bs too .

[GePap]

Everyone from Beaubaxtons and the other one knew of him. They do seem to have an international community, a European one (and hence Viktors "global popularity"). I think one can assume that they wizard communities of Europe know well of each other (like Charlie studying dragons in transylvania).

A bigger porblem is how the Muggles don;t seem to know much of wizards.

If wizards barely know about guns, what about Nuclear annahilation? (obviosuly not a topic for HP, but still)

[Imran Siddiqui]

Everyone from Beaubaxtons and the other one knew of him.

Durmstrang...

Hmmm... that makes Drake's point very valid. Why aren't others helping fight Voldemort. Maybe Dumbledore couldn't risk it until the Ministry was convinced?

[monolith94]

"Ah, you should. It's beautiful down there. Nice B&Bs too."

I'm more interested in T&A, and from what I know of the area, they only got a bunch of bird-watchers and ingrateful John-dumpers.