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Originally Posted by Pedestrian
^^Very tall towers only make economic sense where land is scarce and expensive.
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And yet, many of the US cities in the multiple 700'+ club (Chicago, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Charlotte, Denver) don't have unusually high land scarcity/prices like one finds in the big coastal cities.
In these places, the very tallest towers must be driven by more than just pure profit. Ego and culture do factor into the equation.
US cities with multiple 700'+ skyscrapers:
NYC --------------- 80
Chicago --------- 28
Houston -------- 12
Los Angeles ---- 9
Philadelphia ---- 7
Miami -------------- 7
San Francisco - 5
Atlanta ------------ 5
Seattle ------------ 5
Dallas ------------- 5
Boston ------------ 3
Minneapolis ---- 3
Cleveland -------- 2
Charlotte --------- 2
Pittsburgh ------- 2
Denver ------------- 2
Source: CTBUH