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Shouldn't it be (at least theoretically) possible to find some sort of geometric center where - on average - the rest of the universe is expanding away from?
Turns out, no; every point is expanding away from every other point, so every point sees itself as the center of expansion.
That could sort of explain why it's inherently impossible to determine the center - but that doesn't rule out the existence of a geometric center of the universe, right?
For a geometric center you would need a boundary of the universe