The following appeared in a recommendation from the planning department of the city of Transopolis.
"Ten years ago, as part of a comprehensive urban renewal program, the city of Transopolis adapted for industrial use a large area of severely substandard housing near the freeway. Subsequently, several factories were constructed there, crime rates in the area declined, and property tax revenues for the entire city increased. To further revitalize the city, we should now take similar action in a declining residential area on the opposite side of the city. Since some houses and apartments in existing nearby neighborhoods are currently unoccupied, alternate housing for those displaced by this action will be readily available."
Write a response in which you discuss what specific evidence is needed to evaluate the argument and explain how the evidence would weaken or strengthen the argument.
An area of the Transopolis has seen revitalization over a period of ten years following the revamping of a substandard housing area for industrial use. This area was conveniently located near a freeway, and over the years, several factories were built, crime decreased, and property taxes boomed. In hopes of recreating a similar economic success, the city wants to repeat this endeavor in an area on the opposite end of town. In order to be successful, careful planning is required, and additional evidence is needed regarding location, timing, and displaced residents to determine if this the right course of action.
The original revamp may have worked well due to the area’s proximity to a freeway. Evidence of existence of sufficient roadway infrastructure near the new location is necessary. Interstate access could make the location attractive to investors for convenient shipments of goods. Lack of access would not make this a favorable location for more industry. Existence of a major road would strengthen the argument. However, if the infrastructure is not yet in place, then implementing the urban revitalization plan would be premature and futile.
An additional consideration is timing. More information is needed about the economic climate ten years ago before a determination can be made that a similar success will occur now. There may or may not be employable city residents available. Consumers may or may not be spending now as they were over the past ten years. Businesses may or may not be seeking to expand and employ more workers. It is possible that the economic situation caused new business to flourish ten years ago, but we don’t know if the same is true now. The city could strengthen its argument by pointing out economic markers that indicate this is good timing for additional industry to be introduced. It would be unfortunate to have an industry come in, bring jobs with it, attract additional workers to move their families to the area, only to have to lay off workers shortly after. This could create an increase in the very problems that correlate with poverty which the city is trying to avoid.
Finally, there is the issue of the residents displaced by the continuation of urban renewal. Although there is unoccupied housing nearby, deeper research needs to be completed to evaluate the possibility of its use by displaced residents. If the housing is found to be adequate, available, and affordable, perhaps this would all work out. However, if the housing is unoccupied because it is in disrepair or is too expensive, city planners cannot expect residents to move in there. Perhaps the housing is in good repair, but is too expensive. The city planners would need to determine how they can assist residents and property owners in making up the deficit.
The urban renewal plan seems plausible at first glance, but it necessitates further study before implementation. The location and proximity to a freeway is an important factor that could make or break the outcome. Equally important is the existence of the economic climate needed to sustain new industry. Finally, the city has a moral responsibility to not turn its residents out on to the street. The availability of affordable, adequate housing for its most vulnerable residents is imperative in making this decision.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, if, may, regarding, so, then, well
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 34.0 19.6327345309 173% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 22.0 12.9520958084 170% => OK
Conjunction : 18.0 11.1786427146 161% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 13.6137724551 44% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 26.0 28.8173652695 90% => OK
Preposition: 76.0 55.5748502994 137% => OK
Nominalization: 20.0 16.3942115768 122% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2800.0 2260.96107784 124% => OK
No of words: 544.0 441.139720559 123% => OK
Chars per words: 5.14705882353 5.12650576532 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.82947280553 4.56307096286 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.95984653333 2.78398813304 106% => OK
Unique words: 266.0 204.123752495 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.488970588235 0.468620217663 104% => OK
syllable_count: 907.2 705.55239521 129% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.59920159681 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 4.96107784431 81% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.471057884232 0% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.76447105788 114% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.70958083832 148% => OK
Conjunction: 8.0 1.67365269461 478% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.22255489022 47% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 30.0 19.7664670659 152% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 22.8473053892 79% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 36.4526481282 57.8364921388 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 93.3333333333 119.503703932 78% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.1333333333 23.324526521 78% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.13333333333 5.70786347227 37% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 5.15768463074 97% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.25449101796 76% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 8.20758483034 158% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 6.88822355289 102% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 10.0 4.67664670659 214% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.182635567959 0.218282227539 84% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0457812292673 0.0743258471296 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.052326553731 0.0701772020484 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.102917175573 0.128457276422 80% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0503271887594 0.0628817314937 80% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 14.3799401198 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 48.3550499002 93% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.1628742515 123% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 12.197005988 94% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.29 12.5979740519 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.74 8.32208582834 105% => OK
difficult_words: 145.0 98.500998004 147% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 12.3882235529 113% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.1389221557 83% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.9071856287 101% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6 -- The score is based on the average performance of 20,000 argument essays. This e-grader is not smart enough to check on arguments.
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.