What does this そうなった mean?


> 横幅が狭く、まるで両脇の建物に圧迫されて **そうなったか** のようだった

I wonder why the に disappeared? Is it something different from そうになった?




It has nothing to do with そうになる, but simply and literally means _became so_ ,
where _so_ should refer to the state that should be described elsewhere.

Roughly the sentence means _the road was narrow, and it looked as if it
**became so** by being squeezed by the neighboring buildings_.




It has nothing to do with そうになる, but simply and literally means _became so_ ,
where _so_ should refer to the state that should be described elsewhere.

Roughly the sentence means _the road was narrow, and it looked as if it
**became so** by being squeezed by the neighboring buildings_.

