> I live in apartments in Austin. The only reason people get dogs is because everyone else has one. I don’t know if I’m parsing this correctly. Are you saying

> I live in apartments in Austin. The only reason people get dogs is because everyone else has one. I don’t know if I’m parsing this correctly. Are you saying that the only reason people get dogs in your particular apartment building in Austin is because everyone else has one? Or are you saying that, in general, the only reason that people get dogs is because everyone else has one? The latter just isn’t correct. And I can’t speak to your particular apartment building, but I’d expect it’s not true for everyone there either.