[SAT] Cross-Text Connections Trap Dissection | AceThePrep

SATReading and WritingCross-Text Connections

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Text 1 Urban planner Joel Kotkin argues that suburban expansion reflects the democratic preferences of working-class families seeking affordable single-family homeownership, private green yards, and safe neighborhoods. Kotkin contends that top-down urban densification policies restrict suburban land development, creating artificial housing scarcity that inflates metropolitan home prices beyond the reach of median-income earners.

Text 2 Urban economist Alain Bertaud counters that low-density suburban sprawl is not an organic market outcome, but rather the distorted artifact of government subsidies and exclusionary zoning regulations. By mandating minimum lot sizes, prohibiting multi-family apartments, and subsidizing highway construction through public tax revenues, municipal policies artificially suppress urban density, locking households into car dependency and generating massive municipal infrastructure liabilities.

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On which point would the authors of Text 1 and Text 2 most likely disagree?

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