Over the past fifteen years, the largely urbanized Northeastern United States has shown more and more the influence of the Southwestern portion of the country. Once, very few people in New York City could be found sporting cowboy boots and Stetson hats, and no major radio station boasted twenty-four-hour-a-day programming of country and western music. The latest development is the rapid proliferation of restaurants serving chili, nachos, burritos, and other Tex-Mex dishes. The passage above makes which of the following assumptions?
A.
The lifestyle. of people in the Northeast has been enriched by the influence of the Southwestern states.
B.
Most residents of the Southwestern states regularly eat at Tex-Mex restaurants.
C.
Over the last fifteen years, residents of the Southwestern United States have increasingly adopted lifestyles similar to those of the Northeast.
D.
Tex-Mex dishes are an element of the regional cuisine of the Southwestern states.
E.
People in the Northeastern United States eat out more frequently than they did fifteen years ago.