Downs is a straight-lined little town southeast of Bloomington, set in some of the darkest dirt in the country, the fields starting right where the last yard ends. Clean Cutz lawn care mows there from the first flush of spring, when McLean County ground wakes all at once and a lawn can put on inches in a week. Summer is bright and open here, the sun up early over the corn, and the mowing gets finished before the heat stacks up in the afternoon. Edges along the sidewalks, trimmer work at the fence lines and light poles, a straight pass down the alley side: the small closing moves that make a cut look intentional. Come evening, yards striped and field rows running off past the last house, the whole town lines up.