But we do not see how the said Constantine with his plums and his bad coffee, or M. Miltiadis, pouring out his braki, can/b raise the prestige of the city so far as to be honoured by the municipal scribe. b..../b The unimaginativeness of many of these housing bestates/b is well captured by J. K. Rowling in the references to 'Privet Drive' and 'Magnolia Crescent' in Harry Potter. Here where I live, a 'development area' (read 'industrial park') in the suburbs of Beijing, ...