In this task, you're given a statement and three sentences as choices. Your job is to determine which sentence can be inferred from the statement. Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or have details that are not mentioned in the statement. Indicate your answer as 1,2, or 3 corresponding to the choice number of the selected sentence.
Q: Statement: Building-space on the water being what it is, Venice has only one real piazza (all others are called campi ), but in comparison, any other contender would have died of shame anyway. Choices: 1. There used to be more piazzas in Venice but they couldn't compare with the main one. 2. There's only one real piazza in Venice because of how rare and expensive building space on the water is. 3. There are no piazzas left in Venice.
A:
2