Annex asks...Best City Skyline?

[El Koeno]

Just look harder

Hmmm... my vote's still with Hong Kong.

 

[The Fishman]

Nottingham!

 

[Rossiya]

Looks like something from A Clockwork Orange.

 

[The Fishman]

Looks like something from A Clockwork Orange.

I bet A Clockwork Orange doesn't have a pathetic mini Grand Canyon:

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[scherbchen]

the following remind me very much of the movie Godwynn psoted in "ask people from another country 2"

my town:

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skyscrapers forbidden by city ordinance

 

[Mirc]

Is that Munchen or is my memory playing tricks on me?

And why/how are skyscrapers forbidden?

 

[scherbchen]

Is that Munchen or is my memory playing tricks on me?

And why/how are skyscrapers forbidden?

it is Munich/München. afaik no new building within the city centre is allowed to be higher than the roof (lower part?) of the Frauenkirche (the one with the two towers and round tops). no new building anywhere in the city is allowed to be higher than 100 metres (height of the Frauenkirche towers). why? because it ain't pretty...

 

[Drewcifer]

Minneapolis - singificantly larger metro area than Vancouver (over three times the size of Calgary). Looks decent:

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But someone threw up!
Googlia

Your theory is sound but Minneapolis is not a good example of it as it's downtown is actually pretty vibrant. Dallas or Atlanta would be a better example. Also that google maps photo is 7 years old, the housing bubble filled in about 3/4 of those parking lots with soon to be dirt cheap luxury condos.

 

[Theige]

I didn't think the New York pics in here were good enough.

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[Annex]

the following remind me very much of the movie Godwynn psoted in "ask people from another country 2"

my town:

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skyscrapers forbidden by city ordinance

Thats how it is with Washington, D.C. No building is allowed to be higher than the Washington Monument.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Your theory is sound but Minneapolis is not a good example of it as it's downtown is actually pretty vibrant. Dallas or Atlanta would be a better example. Also that google maps photo is 7 years old, the housing bubble filled in about 3/4 of those parking lots with soon to be dirt cheap luxury condos.

I believe you that Minneapolis is one of the relatively better American cities, which is why I used it. Houston or Dallas just wouldn't be fair. Twin cities are supposed to be nice, from what I hear.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Vancouver had more dense, inner city residential development than Minneapolis, Houston, and Dallas combined. In fact, condos squeezed out office space to such an extent, that I think there is a net outflow of commuters from downtown in the morning.

PS. Here is me excited about dirt cheap condos all over North America for the next 6 or 7 years or whatever. Who knows where one might end up for work.

EDIT: Hands down, the worst for that is Atlanta: http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=33.754531,-84.39178&spn=0.027938,0.055618&t=k&z=15

That freeway has like 23 lanes. Who knows, maybe its a nice place to live... perhaps I would have to be there for a while to really judge.

 

[Orange Seeds]

EDIT: Hands down, the worst for that is Atlanta: http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=33.754531,-84.39178&spn=0.027938,0.055618&t=k&z=15

That freeway has like 23 lanes. Who knows, maybe its a nice place to live... perhaps I would have to be there for a while to really judge.

Good god that's ugly. Just look at the train yard to the North East.

 

[Huayna Capac357]

Hong Kong, definitely. Dubai and Shanghai aren't finished, the others are boring.

 

[Irish Caesar]

That freeway has like 23 lanes.

Nah, I think it's only eight lanes on each side.

Who knows, maybe its a nice place to live... perhaps I would have to be there for a while to really judge.

You would.

But you'd probably come to the same conclusion.

The city is trying to work on that, I think... but yeah, I don't plan on staying here after school.

The skyline is really pretty, if I ever get a camera...

 

[civ_king]

Toronto Ftw!

 

[Drewcifer]

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if Vancouver had more dense, inner city residential development than Minneapolis, Houston, and Dallas combined. In fact, condos squeezed out office space to such an extent, that I think there is a net outflow of commuters from downtown in the morning.

Vancouver is certainly more dense than Minneapolis in the inner city but it is largely a function of geography. Vancouver is hemed in by the sea on one side and mountains on the other, this puts land at a premium and leads to high density development, Minneapolis on the other hand has relatively flat land for hundreds of miles in all directions and as a result land is cheap. You can buy a studio condo in inner city Minneapolis for $75,000. One situation provides a great cityscape but at a high social cost due to the cost of living, the other is better for social justice but at the price of a less urban feel to the city.

 

[CaptainF]

Out of all the poll options I like the Chi-Town skyline the best. I stick to the classics, and Chicago was the first to go big.

However, I've gotta rep my hometow-...wait. My actual hometown has no skyline.

So I guess I'll go with Portland OR!







Sobieski, you should try your little Canadian analysis on Portland, I'm sure you'd approve.

 

[dosed150]

Nah, I think it's only eight lanes on each side.

thats still crazy think the widest we've got here is 4 each way

 

[Godwynn]

That's a pretty sweet view. I wouldn't mind having an apartment on the 15th floor and waking up to that scene every morning!

 

[Trajan12]

If there were any jobs to be had in Portland, I'd be on that.