I will give my new-player point of view. Personally, when I first joined and investigated around the Town worlds, my attention wasn't drawn to Beta. I was pretty much willing to join any town with a kind mayor and motivated players in it. It had nothing to do with player base. It just so happened that the first town to invite me in, was in Beta. As a new player, I had no biased towards either. I cannot speak for other new players, but it seemed the very welcoming atmosphere in MeepCraft in general has served it well when it comes to Towny. In conclusion; I'm not too concerned with the decline of the Alpha town world as of now. This is subject to change. That's just my 0.2¢
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As I stated above, as a new player I can agree 100% to this. We have no biased towards either. We choose the one we are invited to essentially.