Down in the center of town all the new houses are constructed so that, within the length and height of every building element, an average person will always be able to stand in extension of one or more other average people, or, for example, in a pyramid of average people. Out in the suburbs each resident knows even the exact height of hedges and curbstones. Here, in the border district between the center and the periphery, the tape measures are always a couple of centimeters short, and when you return with one that’s longer, there’s never anyone who can remember what’s been measured already.