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Reading Comprehension (RC) | According to Christopher Leo, reviewing Douglas Rae's book City

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Freddy12 wrote:

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Can you help with Q1? I chose (C) as it is mentioned in the passage - "parking complaints that would be "considered laughable" in the Canadian city of Vancouver are "offered as reasons for not spending time in adowntown"

­You really have to flex your inference muscles for this one!

Leo's point is that there are successful cities that DO have serious traffic and parking problems. But the excess traffic does NOT apparently harm the economies of those cities, where "complaints about traffic and parking are not a major concern."

The city mentioned at the end (let's call it City X) is NOT successful -- its downtown is "beset by urban decay." Yes, people SAY that they don't visit the downtown area because of parking issues, but those issues would be considered LAUGHABLE in other successful cities.

In other words, the parking issues in City X are much less significant than the parking issues in London, New
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Statistics : Posted by GMATNinja • on 29 Apr 2024, 09:41 • Replies 5 • Views 1239



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