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Complete Question Explanation
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The correct answer choice is (A)
This question asks us to examine the second paragraph for an assumption made by the New Urbanists. As with any inference, the assumption can be proven by direct reference to the text, but it will not be overtly stated in it.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. In the second paragraph, the New Urbanists lament the economic segregation of suburban subdivisions, resulting in socioeconomically uniform neighborhoods (lines 20-26). This assumes, of course that most suburban residents do not pay drastically less than they can afford. If they did, then the subdivision would not be as socioeconomically uniform as the New Urbanists proclaim. Since the logical opposite of answer choice (A) weakens the argument made in the second paragraph, answer choice (A) contains an assumption upon which this argument depends.
Answer choice (B): The New Urbanists never argue that zoning regulations directly affect a suburb’s economic diversity, let alone assume that such regulations often cause economically uniform suburbs to become economically diverse.
Answer choice (C): What attitude city dwellers have towards motorists is neither stated nor implied in the passage.
Answer choice (D): Whether suburban dwellers are aware of the potential benefits of walking cannot be determined from the information provided.
Answer choice (E): The fact that suburban houses tend to look alike does not mean that people generally prefer to live in such houses. In fact, the New Urbanists argue that people would be better off living in less uniform neighborhoods.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10953)
The correct answer choice is (A)
This question asks us to examine the second paragraph for an assumption made by the New Urbanists. As with any inference, the assumption can be proven by direct reference to the text, but it will not be overtly stated in it.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice. In the second paragraph, the New Urbanists lament the economic segregation of suburban subdivisions, resulting in socioeconomically uniform neighborhoods (lines 20-26). This assumes, of course that most suburban residents do not pay drastically less than they can afford. If they did, then the subdivision would not be as socioeconomically uniform as the New Urbanists proclaim. Since the logical opposite of answer choice (A) weakens the argument made in the second paragraph, answer choice (A) contains an assumption upon which this argument depends.
Answer choice (B): The New Urbanists never argue that zoning regulations directly affect a suburb’s economic diversity, let alone assume that such regulations often cause economically uniform suburbs to become economically diverse.
Answer choice (C): What attitude city dwellers have towards motorists is neither stated nor implied in the passage.
Answer choice (D): Whether suburban dwellers are aware of the potential benefits of walking cannot be determined from the information provided.
Answer choice (E): The fact that suburban houses tend to look alike does not mean that people generally prefer to live in such houses. In fact, the New Urbanists argue that people would be better off living in less uniform neighborhoods.
