  We re-examine results of the Liouville theory and provide arguments that a
{\it negative} bare cosmological constant is essential to define
two-dimensional quantum gravity. From this we are naturally led to a
regularization of quantum gravity within the Regge approach such that it is
described by small fluctuations around equilateral triangles, whose average
link length approaches zero in the continuum limit. We investigate a model
based on this idea numerically and present evidence for the desired long-range
correlations. Interestingly, the approach might generalize to higher
dimensions. The picture of an inflated balloon, which is often used to
demonstrate the properties of an expanding classical universe, seems to be
valuable to understand quantum gravity as well.
