Xml Literals in vb

Here I am creating an XElement in C#

   19         public static XElement PropertyTable(List<Property> propertyList)

   20         {

   21             XElement root = new XElement("div");

   22             root.Add(new XElement("div"

   23                 , new XAttribute("class", "propertyCount hand")

   24                 , string.Format("{0} properties", propertyList.Count)));

   25             XElement tableElement = new XElement("table", new XAttribute("class", "propertyTable"));

   26             root.Add(tableElement);

   27             XElement headerRow = new XElement("tr");

   28             headerRow.Add(new XElement("th", "Code"));

   29             headerRow.Add(new XElement("th", "Value"));

   30             tableElement.Add(headerRow);

   32

   33             foreach (Property p in propertyList)

   34             {

   35                 XElement projectRow = new XElement("tr");

   36                 projectRow.Add(new XElement("td", p.Code));

   37                 projectRow.Add(new XElement("td", p.Value));

   38                 tableElement.Add(projectRow);

   39             }

   40             return root;

   41         }

Here I am creating the EXACT SAME XElement in VB using xml literals

   19     Public Function PropertyTable(ByVal propertyList As List(Of [Property])) As XElement

   20       Dim root = <div>

   21                    <div class="propertyCount hand"><%= String.Format("{0} properties", propertyList.Count) %></div>

   22                    <table class="propertyTable">

   23                      <tr>

   24                        <th>Code</th>

   25                        <th>Value</th>

   26                      </tr>

   27                      <%= From p In propertyList Select _

   28                        <tr>

   29                          <td><%= p.Code %></td>

   30                          <td><%= p.Value %></td>

   31                        </tr> %>

   32                    </table>

   33                  </div>

   34       Return root

   35     End Function  

which would you rather read?