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I come from a minor city on the border between OK and TX. Oklahoma City and Dallas are about 2-3 hours away, depending on traffic. Whenever I go to either city, I really like to look at the skylines. It is possible to over-do. Take, like, ALL the cities in east asia. China is too crowded, just like Tokyo and Seoul, and they are really polluted. In many ways, Sky scrapers are awesome. Like the view. I must say that the best looking skyline is Hong Kong at night. During the day, it is hands down Dallas.
This is my first post on this web site, so hello.
I come from a minor city on the border between OK and TX. Oklahoma City and Dallas are about 2-3 hours away, depending on traffic. Whenever I go to either city, I really like to look at the skylines. It is possible to over-do. Take, like, ALL the cities in east asia. China is too crowded, just like Tokyo and Seoul, and they are really polluted. In many ways, Sky scrapers are awesome. Like the view. I must say that the best looking skyline is Hong Kong at night. During the day, it is hands down Dallas.
That's a fine line between over-doing it and not. I see pictures of places like Shanghai and Sau Paulo and think "How could anyone want to be stuck in all that?" but places like New York and Chicago look exciting to me, and I can understand the desire to live there. I feel like NYC bumps against that over-doing line, but doesn't cross. My city, Virginia Beach, is currently in the process of the development of a downtown area (someone posted pictures on a previous page, I think page 8) and we're starting to attract major businesses to the area, and those businesses want to see skyscrapers, so in my case the tall buildings DO make a difference. Without them, we wouldn't have the attraction of major corporations and the advantages that comes with them (more jobs, for example). Plus, with the downtown area, plans are in effect to build a light rail system and that should help a lot with the growing traffic problem in Va Beach.
Hong Kong does look impressive with all the lights going at nightime. My favorite skyline is San Francisco though. What a gorgeous city.
Well as long as people aren't considering to move somewhere based on a skyline.
A skyline is a collection of buildings that were individually designed. It's an art to design and build a skyscraper, and a skyline is a collection of them. Personally, I would have hurt feelings if I heard people say "who cares" if I contributed to a skyline as an architect.
Why do people want a nice looking exterior of a house?
i like skylines simply for the view and the awesomeness of how man constructed them. but no, i dont think its important, i mean, look at DC. great urban city without skyscrapers.
There are many wonderful cities that have bad skylines,(ie, Albuquerque, Sacramento, san jose) and some that are quite the opposite. True, a skyline is nice looking at, it it does nothing for a city.
I have noticed people here like skylines with tall buildings, but to me that doesn't matter. take San Diego for instance, it doesn't have any huge towering skyscrapers like New York but I still like it because the mountains are seen behind the skyline. T
The height of the buildings have to be somewhat equal for me. I don't like any city scape that has one big building and many tiny buildings. it just doesn't look right. Also I like to see what they look like at night.
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