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KarishmaB MartyMurray This RC was a part of Official mock 5.
I need a lil help to understand the last three lines of the passage

''In one such city, Leo writes, parking complaints that would be "considered laughable" in the Canadian city of Vancouver are "offered as reasons for not spending time in a downtown that is beset by urban decay."

Its clear from the passage that the Author ''Christopher Leo'' doesn't support ''Rae's views, then why would author say something like ''beset by urban decay''?

Has it been used in a sarcastic tone or is it something Rae suggested in his book? It doesn't seem that those are authors own view.
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Please help with the above question. It also appeared in official mock 5, and currently there is no explanation for the answers on the forum
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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 a downtown"
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can anyone give explanation for all questions ?
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KarishmaB MartyMurray Also ,on top of what GmatNinja said , I would like to add that option C narrows down the scope a bit. 
In the passage we were given that But ordinary observation suggests that complaints about traffic and parking are not a major concern in those cities, which actually have serious traffic and parking problems. While we know that the cities faces parking related problems but not necessarily in finding parking spots. May be they were charged hefty parking fees or the duration of parking alloted was less. 
Option E correctly say  " difficulties with parking " , exact paraphrase of what has been given in the passage.
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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 a downtown"
­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 York, Tokyo, and others. And yet those cities -- the ones with much worse parking issues -- still have healthy economies.

The implication here is that those laughable or insignificant parking issues aren't the real problem, despite what people might say -- in reality, the "urban decay" is the problem. If the urban centers were more "attractive" and had more to offer, people would be willing to visit, even if that meant putting up with some parking and traffic headaches.

I hope that helps!­
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For question no 2 ,
notice this part - According to Christopher Leo, reviewing Douglas Rae's book City: Urbanism and Its End, Rae draws on his experience as a city manager to argue t­ .
Also another part "leo writes...."

All these things indicate that Leo is a writer who is reviewing the book written by Rae in which Rae expessed his opinion  regarding city's decline ( whether traffic congestion was responsible for it ).
C is the answer.­
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KarishmaB MartyMurray Would you like to explain question no 3 ?
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Can someone give a detailed inference explanation for q3 here, as I didn't understand how to infer the fact that the cities mentioned are involved in international trade as it is not mentioned in the passage?

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For question no 2 ,
notice this part - According to Christopher Leo, reviewing Douglas Rae's book City: Urbanism and Its End, Rae draws on his experience as a city manager to argue t­ .
Also another part "leo writes...."

All these things indicate that Leo is a writer who is reviewing the book written by Rae in which Rae expessed his opinion  regarding city's decline ( whether traffic congestion was responsible for it ).
C is the answer.­
­Thank you for the explaination but can you expand it more? 
I was not able to connect the lines clearly to answer the question
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Can someone give a detailed inference explanation for q3 here, as I didn't understand how to infer the fact that the cities mentioned are involved in international trade as it is not mentioned in the passage?

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Think of a cause effect relationship.

Traffic(A) causes economic loss(B) to cities.(A causes B)
What if B has no correlation with A?
This is what option C says; Since the economy is based on International Trade, traffic congestion in the city does not have an impact on the city's economy.
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