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Richmond has the larger skyline. It will have a larger skyline even after everything currently planned in Raleigh gets built. It also looks more dense in a 1.5-mile radius from its core. That density gap will probably shrink or disappear in the near future, but Raleigh needs another 400-footer or two if it ever expects to ever catch up in the skyline department, and there are no plans for any (and Richmond could be getting more, for all I know).
Trying to pick good angles for both cities. I think Winston-Salem looks smaller but it is still within striking distance. I personally like the tallest building in Winston more than Raleigh's tallest--especially at night, but the other buildings are not as good. Both cities tallest buildings are taller than any building in Virginia, if I'm not mistaken. And I do like the architecture that's there a bit more than Richmond's, but there is unambiguously less of it.
Richmond has the larger skyline. It will have a larger skyline even after everything currently planned in Raleigh gets built. It also looks more dense in a 1.5-mile radius from its core. That density gap will probably shrink or disappear in the near future, but Raleigh needs another 400-footer or two if it ever expects to ever catch up in the skyline department, and there are no plans for any (and Richmond could be getting more, for all I know).
Trying to pick good angles for both cities. I think Winston-Salem looks smaller but it is still within striking distance. I personally like the tallest building in Winston more than Raleigh's tallest--especially at night, but the other buildings are not as good. Both cities tallest buildings are taller than any building in Virginia, if I'm not mistaken. And I do like the architecture that's there a bit more than Richmond's, but there is unambiguously less of it.
The Reynolds Building (soon to be a Kimpton Hotel) in Winston-Salem is better than anything in Raleigh too. There are a couple of other great buildings there too, like the Nissen Building (now apartments) and the GMAC building. The total area of downtown Raleigh is larger, as expected, but the skyline isn't better in my opinion.
It was discussed earlier that Richmond has been a larger city for much longer than Raleigh, therefore it's skyline and building density is better. I'm not sure if Raleigh will catch up in my lifetime, but it's definitely improving.
Leaving the skyline situations behind, how would you say Raleigh and Richmond differ culturally? Take someone out of Raleigh and place him next to someone from Richmond, will they be extremely different?
I posed these two cities as rivals in the city vs city rivalry thread and I'm wondering how everyone feels about that.
They're not. At all.
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