The TownSquare Census: 65,289 Visits, 29 Ghost Towns, and a Serious Case of Clerk’s Cramp

The Town Square Gazette has completed its first census and assembled the results into several charts. The clerks insist that all 65,289 recorded visits were counted individually, by hand, using three very small pencils, all now exhausted. They report sore wrists and a growing suspicion that spreadsheets were invented for a reason. Management has declined to correct them while they recover. This was TownSquare's first full calendar month in the world. June had been a blur of launch day, Hacker News, the first hundred towns, rather more chat than expected, and several urgent lessons about what happens when a peaceful little square suddenly fills with strangers. July was quieter, steadier, and more interesting in ways that cannot be observed by standing in the busiest square and looking alarmed. The short version: during July, TownSquare recorded 65,289 daily unique town-visits across 113 different towns. 55 new TownSquares were registered, 36 joined the verified map, and every hour of…