Quite the opposite. By summing up people with different traits together, what you get is a normal distribution around the "completely average person" (central l

Quite the opposite. By summing up people with different traits together, what you get is a normal distribution around the "completely average person" (central limit maybe?), and that's what people compare everyone with. As others stated, that's what happens in small towns where everyone knows everyone. You lose the sweet anonymity of the city.