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SuperCorp recently moved its headquarters to Corporateville. The recent surge in the number of homeowners in Corporateville proves that Corporateville is a superior place to live than Middlesburg, the home of SuperCorp's original headquarters. Moreover, Middlesburg is a predominately urban area and according to an employee survey, SuperCorp has determined that its workers prefer to live in an area that is not urban. Finally, Corporateville has lower taxes than Middlesburg, making it not only a safer place to work but also a cheaper one. Therefore, Supercorpclearly made the best decision.

Write a response in which you examine the stated and/or unstated assumptions of the argument. Be sure to explain how the argument depends on the assumptions and what the implications are if the assumptions prove unwarranted.

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The given argment in flawed on various accounts, primalirydue to many assumptions being made without the underlying supporting facts.

The argument states that the surge in number of homeowners proves that Coporatevilli is a superior place to live than Middlesburg. This argument falls because the author does not consider or compares the statistics of Middlesburg, while just stating the conclusion on the basis of data of a single palce. Moreover, even if we were to belive that the number of homeowners in Coporatevilli are more compared to Middlesburg is does not impliy that Coporatevilli is a superior place to live in. It could be possible that Middlesburg is a small place where number of houses are limited to make a comparison. The arugment would have been better supported if the author would have provided more details regarding both the towns and compared them before jumping to a conclusion.

The arugment makes use of a survey to make an assumption that employees prefer to live in a non-urban area, it is best to move to an non-urban area. The author does not provide how if there are significant amount of employess that would choose working in a non-urban area over the town of Middlesburg. Author has also refrainformdicussing the business implications caused by moving headquarters to a non-urban area. If the author would have shed more light on the survey statistics, the argument would have been better supported.

The author makes yet another assumption that if the taxes of Corporateville are less than Middlesburg, itsan cheaper place to live in. This assumption is made without comparing other factors like inflation, heathcare and other living exepensis of the both the towns. Over that, author also adds that Corporateville is safer place without giving anysort of suppordingeveidence or fact. The arugment would have been better supported if the author would have added the relevant facts before jumping to a conclusion.

Because the argument makes number of unwarranted assumptions, it fails to convience how Supercorp has made a best decision by shifting headquarters to Corporateville.

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I have not corrected any spelling and grammar errors. 
If possible, please explain the score and some areas where I should improve.

Thank you so much! 

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