# The Dresden Files - Latecomer Ongoing Discussion (spoilers possibly?)

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**Post date:** [May 12, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dresden-files-latecomer-ongoing-discussion-spoilers-possibly/850958/36 "2020-05-12T21:14:01Z")

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> Quoth **MaxTheVool** :
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> (2) And people believe all SORTS of ridiculous things. If zillions of people believe in astrology (which doesn’t work), then in a universe in which magic did exist and a real functioning wizard advertised himself in the Chicago yellow pages and there were vampires all over the place, you bet your ass people would believe in them in enormous numbers.

Relatedly, Harry claims to be the only wizard in the Chicago phone book. But in any sizeable city in our world, you’ll find a fair number of people making their living selling magical services. I know of multiple shops in Cleveland where one can purchase spells, and there are probably more I don’t know of, since I’ve never even actually tried looking for them.

Now, presumably, those spells don’t actually work. And presumably, there are people in Harry’s world also who claim to have magic powers but don’t. So maybe he just means that he’s the only _real_ wizard making a living that way. But that’s not what it sounds like he means.

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