Emotionally significant would be correct
What the person above said
In "A Quilt Of A Country", Quindlen's point in comparing present-day New York with Philadelphia in her father's time is that in America, there is a clinging to the ethnicity, in background and custom, that has undermined the concept of unity. In her father's time in Philadelphia, Jewish boys would walk several blocks out of their way to avoid the Irish divide of Chester Avenue. I hope this helps.
Answer:
It is a complex sentence.
Explanation:
It contains one independent clause and a subordinate clause. Therefore it is a complex sentence