[Ravensfort] The demographics of Raven's Fort

[byzytym]

My point exactly.

We can only take advantage of the fresh blood if we have a presence in the
area.

People in The Woodlands will drive into Houston rather than Huntsville if
Conroe is not an option.

 

V NV

 

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Subject: Re: [Ravensfort] The demographics of Raven's Fort

 

Very true my friend.  On top of that we are about to have to deal with the
population explosotion due Exxon-Mobile woodlands new campus.  Many families
are about to move in our zip codes!
Which means fresh blood :)
D

 

On Thursday, April 3, 2014 1:02 PM, Doug Bell <magnus77840 at yahoo.com> wrote:

Baron Nicholas and I had this discussion back in the early 2000s while
looking at the demographic data for the barony both SCA and real world. He
had the data and I had taken some demography classes in my college's
Geography department.

 

Raven's Fort has the area of a small Principality with the population found
in many large shires. Rural baronies are not common in the SCA since a
barony is usually grounded in a major city. The Province of Mooneschadowe is
another example of a rural barony but centered around one small town and
college. Raven's Fort was founded as a rural barony with many small
population clusters in small towns but scattered over a large area. This is
an unusual distribution for an SCA group. This distribution is also why you
can't solve the problem of driving distance with cantons. One of these
population centers by itself is not large enough to support a stable
auxillary group over time.

 

As Houston grows outward the barony begins to look like Canada with the
population concentrating in the southern zip codes.

 

Given another 10-15 years this will get to the point where 80-90% of the
members will be in the southern quarter of the barony. You will have to
manage these changes as best as you can but every future officer in the
barony needs to remember the issue.

 

Countries like Chile, Indonesia, and Russia have some of the same
demographic population versus geography issues, so it is not just an SCA
creation. Real world nations haven't come up with a perfect solution to
population distribution trends either.


safe journeys my friends
Magnus

 

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