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The following text is from Yung Wing's 1909 memoir My Life in China and America.

We landed in New York on the 12th of April, 1847, after a passage of ninety-eight days of unprecedented fair weather. The New York of 1847 was altogether a different city from the New York of 1909. It was a city of only 250,000 or 300,000 inhabitants; now it is a metropolis rivaling London in population, wealth and commerce. The whole of Manhattan Island is turned into a city of skyscrapers, churches and palatial residences.
Based on the passage, how does Yung perceive New York to have changed between 1847 and 1909?
The city has become more developed and populated.
A
The architecture of the city has become more practical and less appealing.
B
The city's residents have become more politically active.
C
The city's population has become much more diverse than London's.
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