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I agree with that statement. Its very difficult to take a photo of houstons whole skyline bcuz its so huge and very powerful. It's deffinetely the best skyline in the south HANDS DOWN. But I would put miami at second then atlanta at third.
I agree that Atlanta has a nice and modern skyline. It does have unique buildings but it is not the best. The buildings may not be just old regular boxes but theres not enough buildings to fill in the skyline. If thats the case then you could just build a random city and put 4 very futuristic looking skyscrapers and claim it is the best skyline just because of those 4 skyscrapers. Just bcuz you got a few modern lookin buildings dosent mean you're the best.
That doesn't make any sense...where does the Atlanta skyline need to be "filled in"? Between Midtown and Buckhead?
There are many more than 4 unique highrises in Atlanta...the skyline has 20 buildings of 500' and up and another 60 between 300' and 500'. In between those 80 highrises there isn't just dead space, but midrise buildings of various heights...and all of that adds up to a skyline.
By comparison:
Houston: 30 buildings 500' and over; 73 buildings 300'-500'
Miami: 29 buildings 500' and over; 56 buildings 300'-500'
Dallas: 20 buildings 500' and over; 40 buildings 300'-500'
So each skyline has nearly the same number of tall buildings, with Houston having a few more than the other three. Atlanta has the single tallest building of the four cities.
OK there you go you just proved my point look at the statistics you just pointed out. Both Miami and Houston have more buildings 500 and over. Houston the more powerful of the two. Atlanta does have the best individual buildings though i'll give you that.
Well both Houston and Atlanta have multiple skylines, but Houston's city limits are much larger and contain all of the city's highrises. 2 of Atlanta's 5 skylines lie outside Atlanta's small city limits, and those skylines include many buildings above 300 feet and some above 500 feet as well.
I agree downtown Houston is dense and powerful, but Atlanta wins for looks and building design:
If only they were all in one skyline with no gaps, Atlanta would be considered a world-class skyline. But thanks to stupid sprawl, you get cool buildings like these built a useless 8-12 miles from downtown:
Those are the 570 feet King and Queen towers in the suburb of Sandy Springs, a good 20 minute drive from downtown Atlanta.
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