Question

Why does the author most likely emphasize the size of New York City ?

Answer 1

The correct answer is B (APEX)

Answer 2

I would choose a. Simply because the author talks about it as if it's all that really ever existed and that nature cannot take over what it is not. However, it goes on about seeing how erosion and rot can affect such things and tries to compare it to things in nature as if it were nature itself.