argument109

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Argument 109
According to the content of the letter, the author draws a conclusion that were there be a strict law to limit new building construction, the law would be of no effect on average housing prices in Maple City. In order to consolidate his standpoint, the author shed light on the strict law to limit new building construction issued in Pine City, where housing prices increased after the enactment, and Chestnut City, where such law is issued and the average housing prices also experience a process of soaring up, then the author claims that this kind of laws proves to be of no impact on average housing prices. However, under a deliberate scrutiny on the article, it is obvious that the assertion is far from flawless.

In the first place, the author mistakenly bases his assumption on statistics revealing the state of housing prices in Pine City twenty years ago. We have every reason to believe that current prices of local houses may considerably be reduced by the law, although the effect does not come immediately after the enactment of the law. Without contemporary data concerning the change of prices, the author’s view is dubious.

Secondly, when making the statement that hardly will such law, to limit the construction of new buildings, exert influence on housing price, the author fails to take into account other relevant factors which will cause the oscillation of the housing prices. For one thing, it is highly possible that the increasing housing prices are mostly due to the skyrocketing population in Pine City. As new construction is circumscribed, people are deprived of the access to sufficient houses, therefore give rise to the growth of housing prices. For another, although having comparatively the same city size with Pine City, abundant houses resource is available to suffice the need of citizens in Chestnut City, the rise of housing prices may largely triggered by other reasons, for example, the inflation in the city, or the growing tax for purchasing a house, etc. To the contrary, no sign of similarity is provided by the author between Chestnut City and Maple City, for this reason, we can also suggest that Maple City is paralleled to Pine City in having relevant troubles.

Furthermore, the author also makes a false analogy between Pine City, Chestnut City, and Maple City. As there lies no inclination to indicate the similar condition between Maple City and the other two cities, the possibility exists that Maple City has its own distinctive feature concerning to the fluctuation of housing prices. Maybe its city size is much larger than the other two cities, while not enough new apartments as well as houses to sustain the fast-pace development in the city, which attracts numerous of immigrants. Also, since people tend to buy houses in regard of their estates, attribute to different strata and social hierarchies in Maple city, there may be insufficient houses for certain groups of people, so comes the elevating prices of certain kinds of houses, such as single room apartments, or cozy villas. With a lack of these evidence and details, the author’s statement is drastically undermined.

In general, aiming at support his assumption that the restriction on construction of new buildings will not affect housing prices, the author fail to justify his argument with sufficient evidence. To better substantiate his claims, not only does the author need to rule out the exact similarities between Chestnut City and Maple City, he or she also has to provide a myriad of relating factors contribute to the increase of prices in different cities.