by K-MacK » Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:08 pm
I've been in College towns too....really, it's a perfect location.
First there was the TOWN...then the University was built. I'll use the University at San Luis Obispo, Ca. as an example. There is the "old town" area with a population of around 3500. Nice place, shady streets, settled population. That's where "Peter" lives...probably just down the block
from "Jean". "Sara" in the "new town" area...maybe 25 years "newer"
than the "old", with big (as in 1/8 acre) lots...which are large by modern standards. Many lots have "back yards" that just open onto the local
wilderness.
Hmmmm, "Butch", since her father is most recently "off probation"
with the pack, probably lives in the newer developments, at some distance
from the rest. In these towns, it's common to see a new house, on the modern "postage stamp-sized" lot, with the Boonies maybe 20 metres or so away from the Developments.
Think "Clover Leaf". The Center is the Old town. The "leaf" at 8:00 is the
University. The "leaf" at 2:00 is light industry, University support businesses, Warehouses and suchlike. The other two "leaves" are the
"Developments" (SLO has more than two).
Surrounding all this is wilderness...Pacific Coast, Hills, Forest, Farms....
Were I a Were-', I'd think it was heaven. Lots of Space. Two major
Highways run thru this town, one's a Freeway/Turnpike. Plenty of
hustle and bustle...and lots of places to "disappear" into.
Never mind there are more Pagans in that area than anyone else, more than five traditions, enough of us to control the City Council yet be entirely invisible to outsiders, and unnoticed by most mundanes who live there. All settled in the Old town and some Farms inside the "City Limits".
I know about disappearing. Just a bit......
I'd be up there, myself, but...well, there's us "Invisibles" in the L.A. area.
And I have responsibilities here.
KMacK...
"You don't have to be invisible when everybody is looking the wrong way..."
Writing the series "Wulfen Blood"... getting ready for publication.