Question

Read the following sentences: “When they figured out what was wrong, the New York City government, which was responsible for building the athletic center, quickly apologized to the residents of South Beach, Staten Island, for the annoying noise. They had not expected that the building would produce a whistling sound, and promised the problem would be quickly fixed when the building was completed and the acoustic baffles were protected from the wind.”
How did the residents of South Beach likely feel about this “solution”?

Answer 1

Answer:

Disregarded and upset  

Explanation:

The solution proposed by the city government is not a bad one, but the timing is not at all ideal. Knowing that the residents of the islands were already experiencing a disruptive noise from the construction site, the city should have taken more immediate action to reduce the acoustic contamination. The residents must certainly have felt like the building was more important than their living conditions.