# Where does grown up Harry Potter live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-grown-up-harry-potter-live/505126 "2009-08-03T03:47:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-grown-up-harry-potter-live/505126/21 "2009-08-04T17:58:51Z")
Remoteness is a relative. Given that it’s a magical world, Godric’s Hollow could be in northern Surrey. I’m not saying it is, just that it could be… The West Country makes the most sense location-wise. I don’t see Aunt Petunia ever being reconciled to one of her blood kin going to Hogwarts. Unless I missed HP8–the Metamorphosis of Petunia Evans… I’d like to think that Tuny and Harry reconciled later in life, but I doubt it. Dudley no doubt went on to sell drills like his dad. What I’d like to have seen is a situation where Draco and Harry are forced to work together and through that come to an understanding. There was some of that in the books, but not a lot. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-grown-up-harry-potter-live/505126/22 "2009-08-04T18:02:34Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > If I recall correctly (from an interview with JKR): > > Hermione: Govt service until she ended up in the Dept of Magical Law Enforcement. > > Harry: Head Auror for the ministry under Kingsley Shacklebolt > > Ron: Partner and Business Manager for Weasley Wizarding Wheezes > > Ginny: Seeker for the Harpies then sports reporter for the Daily Prophet. Close, but [not quite there](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Deathly_Hallows#Rowling.27s_commentary_and_supplement). ETA; someone edited the cited section, and deleted a lot of material covering Luna, Duddley, Neville, and others. ---
**Author:** ![Stormcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-grown-up-harry-potter-live/505126/23 "2009-08-04T20:43:34Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Cho is Scottish? I thought she was Asian. Or are you saying she’s a Scot of Asian descent? I’m pretty sure she was a Scot of Asian descent. Fairly certain that’s from the books, but not 100% certain. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-grown-up-harry-potter-live/505126/24 "2009-08-04T21:28:00Z")
> [@scifisam2009](#): > > …Hah! Wouldn’t it be funny if some famous author were actually doing that? I wouldn’t put it past Stephen King. Agreed. King wrote a Cthulhu Mythos story, “Crouch End,” and a Sherlock Holmes story, “The Doctor’s Case,” after all. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Woodhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@Miss\_Woodhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Woodhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-grown-up-harry-potter-live/505126/25 "2009-08-05T00:13:49Z")
In Harry’s world no one has to live in London to work in London. Mr. Weasley works in London and aparates daily from The Burrow to get there. The feeling I got from all the floo powder and aparating and all that was that you could just choose a home where ever you liked and work any place else you wanted. Wouldn’t that be nice? ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-grown-up-harry-potter-live/505126/26 "2009-08-05T00:41:12Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > I don’t see Aunt Petunia ever being reconciled to one of her blood kin going to Hogwarts. Unless I missed HP8–the Metamorphosis of Petunia Evans… I’d like to think that Tuny and Harry reconciled later in life, but I doubt it. Dudley no doubt went on to sell drills like his dad. Until the revelations in Book 7, I’d have agreed with you. However, given that Petunia desperately wanted to go to Hogwarts, and was bitterly disappointed to discover that she couldn’t, I think she might well be delighted that her granddaughter was able to go. It would, in some fashion, make up for it. My original theory, before book 7, was that Petunia was in fact offered a place at Hogwarts, and was horrified at the idea. Under this theory, she would have been a “voluntary” Squibb. In that case, she would be horrified at her granddaughter being accepted. But that’s not what happened. In any case, it’s a good thing Vernon didn’t live to see it. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-grown-up-harry-potter-live/505126/27 "2009-08-05T01:06:18Z")
Well, she spent her entire adult (and teen) life disparaging and sneering at magical folk as “freaks”. Her only blood relative, Harry, was treated very badly by her. IOW, she let her rejection by AD color her entire perception of the magical world. I doubt she’d be happy about a grandchild attending, unless she did some hard soul seeking and experienced some personal growth. Unlike Vernon, I think Petunia had it in her to do so, we just never get to hear her story. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-grown-up-harry-potter-live/505126/28 "2009-08-05T13:08:49Z")
But I’d love to think that the magic that cropped up in Lily also cropped up in Dudley’s child, whether Petunia liked it or not. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-grown-up-harry-potter-live/505126/29 "2009-08-05T21:45:03Z")
> [@Skara\_Brae](#): > > Ron asks Harry if he parked alright. Ron and Hermione definitely drove. > > But really, any magical family could get to London by Floo Powder, so it would not be that hard to get to the station. You’ve clearly never driven in central London. 😃 > [@eleanorigby](#): > > Remoteness is a relative. Given that it’s a magical world, Godric’s Hollow could be in northern Surrey. > > I’m not saying it is, just that it could be… The West Country makes the most sense location-wise. Well, I guess it could be, but Godric’s Hollow is a village. There aren’t any villages in the suburbs of London. Guess it depends what you mean by ‘suburb.’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-grown-up-harry-potter-live/505126.md?page=1)