GMAT Sentence Correction (SC) | Because the population is denser there and the automobile is

Is my thought process correct if I just look for the answer choice that has a "In a European City" closest to the start of the answer choice. I am doing so because the first part of the sentence is a modifier(?) that is modifying "A European City". So the answer choice has to be the one with the European City closest to the beginning.

This was just my 2 cents...

Also (as you can tell) I'm new to the forum. Are the verbal and math questions of the day - devised from GMAT
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