Tolkien, The Barrow-Downs, and Flyover Country - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Nuranar · 02-06-2003, 08:35 AM

Currently there are active threads concerning West Coast, East Coast, and London groups of Barrow-Downers who are trying to hammer out a time to meet. There is also a thread for the Midwest (used in this sense as a vague term encompassing most of the United States). Whereas the former three threads seem to be all fairly popular and have many replies, the Midwest topic suffers from a decided lack of interest.

As I was pondering the reasons behind this curious phenomenon, I wondered: Are the Midwest Barrow-Downers not interested in meeting one another? Do most of them simply not visit this area of the forum?

Or does it go deeper? Is there a true paucity of Midwest Barrow-Downers? If so, why? Is there a corresponding (relative) lack of interest in Tolkien in this part of the country? How grievous that would be!

The ancient Homeland stereotypes thread did influence this train of thought. But what do you think? Am I only imagining things?

02-06-2003, 08:35 AM	#1
Nuranar Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: STILL a drought Posts: 529	Tolkien, The Barrow-Downs, and Flyover Country Currently there are active threads concerning West Coast, East Coast, and London groups of Barrow-Downers who are trying to hammer out a time to meet. There is also a thread for the Midwest (used in this sense as a vague term encompassing most of the United States). Whereas the former three threads seem to be all fairly popular and have many replies, the Midwest topic suffers from a decided lack of interest. As I was pondering the reasons behind this curious phenomenon, I wondered: Are the Midwest Barrow-Downers not interested in meeting one another? Do most of them simply not visit this area of the forum? Or does it go deeper? Is there a true paucity of Midwest Barrow-Downers? If so, why? Is there a corresponding (relative) lack of interest in Tolkien in this part of the country? How grievous that would be! The ancient Homeland stereotypes thread did influence this train of thought. But what do you think? Am I only imagining things? __________________ I admit it is better fun to punt than be punted, and that a desire to have all the fun is nine-tenths of the law of chivalry. Lord Peter Wimsey