small towns
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 10:31 am
In another thread (The year the Packers didn't play) the subject of small towns came up.
Now Guilford, NY (home of PFRA) is definitely a small town. - no traffic lights, no businesses (the local
convenience store closed recently), just a few antique stores that are only open occasionally but there
is a post office.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilford,_New_York
Population in 2010 was 2,922. Population of the entire county is only 50,000.
Yet Guilford for a few years was the home of two international sports research organizations - ISOH (International
Society of Olympic Historians) and PFRA.
I'd be surprised though if more than 10% of the population has ever seen a professional football game in person and I'd
be willing to bet that less than 1% of the population has ever seen an Olympics event in person.
Now Guilford, NY (home of PFRA) is definitely a small town. - no traffic lights, no businesses (the local
convenience store closed recently), just a few antique stores that are only open occasionally but there
is a post office.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilford,_New_York
Population in 2010 was 2,922. Population of the entire county is only 50,000.
Yet Guilford for a few years was the home of two international sports research organizations - ISOH (International
Society of Olympic Historians) and PFRA.
I'd be surprised though if more than 10% of the population has ever seen a professional football game in person and I'd
be willing to bet that less than 1% of the population has ever seen an Olympics event in person.