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Originally Posted by temp
Ok, question, have you lost some zero's? For a "New York City of Ritual Path Magic...hub of interplanar trade and travel", at TL8, a population of 110,500 seems off by a couple of orders of magnitude...
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Hmmm, you do have a point, but...
"The New York City" is a bit of hype. An exaggeration. It is a hub of trade and travel, but crossing planar borders also makes it more risky than simply staying on Earth. Likewise, the market for magic has a bit of a hump - it's generally costly for magicians and those buying.
Also, I'd forgot to mention the outer planes were only discovered in the mid-80's, so the city is very old or established as it could be.
Nevertheless, how much higher should the population be, you think? Compared to real world TL8 cities of similar reputation and wealth, how much bigger?