[SCA-AE] Peer Density/Dispersal was Peerage

[Karen Kasper]

A more relevant data point would probably be the size of the cities around which the SCA groups are centered.
   
  I *think* Pittsburgh is the largest city (mundanely) in AEthelmearc.  It only makes sense that it is also the largest and oldest group in the Kingdom, and therefore has more very long-term members, and thus more peers. The next biggest city is probably Buffalo, then either Rochester or Syracuse, and I think it's no surprise that those groups are good-sized and host a fair number of peers (Delftwood lagged behind the other three groups in its founding by about 8-10 years for reasons I never really understood, but it has made up for some of that lost time). In conjunction with that theory, it might be interesting to do a survey of the peers of the Kingdom to see how long they've been in the SCA.  I suspect longevity and peerage have a reasonable correlation.  I can certainly count a goodly number of the ones in the Debatable Lands who are at or approaching the 30 year mark, myself included.
   
  BTW, I apologize to Sir Murdoch (who I saw on the OP but did not know where  he lived) and to WV for miscounting the number of Pelicans.  My point was primarily to say that the number of peers in those groups is small, making it more difficult for people to personally know them well enough to feel comfortable asking for a recommendation.  Contrast the numbers I cited for those groups with the Debatable Lands, which has 24 Laurels (and one on the way) alone, never mind Knights, Pelicans and Royal Peers.  Yes, you read that right - 24, and that's after having 4 move out of the Barony over the last 2 years.  You can see where the numbers game becomes more difficult in the smaller groups.
   
  Arianna

Marie Stewart <maricelt at gmail.com> wrote:
   
  So IF there is a lean to the west, this ease of travel along a main
interstate corridor could account for a greater density of more
people, more peers, more activity, more Royalty(? haven't looked into
that yet), from the Western side of the Kingdom.


Karen Kasper

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