As Viktor Navorski, a stolid, jazz-loving bachelor from Eastern Europe, Tom Hanks speaks only a few words of English and walks with his feet turned outin a rapid waddle.
Dominant people tend to take up more space in the room, by splaying out their legs and feet, slouching in a chair to occupy more space in the room, and by using their arms and hands to take up more space horizontally.
But there are about 60 houses between 12 and 13 feet wide, the logical result of a grid of streets laid outin 1811 with standard lots that were 25 feet wide and could be divided.