The correct answer is “East Town Shores is the ideal place to visit and to live”. A <u>claim</u>is a statement that asserts a truth the requires supporting evidence. In the excerpt presented above, the claim that <em>East Town Shores is the ideal place to visit and to live</em> is made. Then, several <u>supporting clauses</u> narrating the reasons to this claim (the rest of the options) are added to the passage providing evidence to the claim made.