Cities whose skylines make you cry
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https://www.askideas.com/black-man-c...funny-picture/ Which skyline makes you make this face? |
San Jose, California.
And it's not technically a skyline but the officescape of silicon valley from redwood city to milpitas also makes me cry. |
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oh yeah I know that, but as a transplant that took a liking to San Jose i hated that it was so puny compared to the SF skyline.
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Not a hater by any means but Phoenix, Tucson's and Salt Lake City's skylines -- mainly because it gives the appearance of a much smaller city than they really are when compared to other city skyline's of similar metro or urban area population sizes.
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This might be sacrilegious to say around here but... I'm not that obsessed with skylines as a measure of a city. There are a few that are beautiful, but some of my favorite urban experiences in the world barely have any skyscrapers (Istanbul, Berlin). And some cities have large skylines that overcompensate for a subpar urban experience (I won't name them, but you know who you are).
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Is it subpar? Cincinatti's street level is indeed great, but I'd say it's skyline is quite impressive for a city of its size as well. Pretty good collection of towers from different eras, and it's got a nice bit of layering going on with the bridges and hills. https://cdn3.volusion.com/atzum.dfkh...otos/639-2.jpg https://www.webermadeusa.com/Cincinn...m#.XUyEaiMrKys |
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However, a perfect urban experience, with or without skyscrapers, is the culmination of human endeavors over time that creates something special. As an American, I'll take what I can get. I want BOTH though. :cheers: |
Memphis lets me down. They have a solid set of old buildings and a decent trolly system yet it lacks anything new(relatively). If Memphis had Nashville level growth the downtown would be one of the best in the country for its population. Its base is awesome, it just needs some POP.
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Sure hope no one I know would "cry" over something as asinine as a skyline.
Most disappointing U.S. skylines (no particular order): Phoenix San Jose Sacramento Salt Lake City San Antonio Milwaukee Jacksonville Oklahoma City Orlando Cincinnati Columbus Memphis Portland Boston Honorable Mention: New Orleans, Indianapolis |
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Vegas. Hot wind blew dust in my eyes
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pittsburgh is another that hits high notes on both the skyline and street level scales as well. hills and bridges too. |
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https://i.etsystatic.com/13751308/d/....jpg?version=0 What angle were you viewing it from? Pretty odd pick, I think. It has two pre-war 500+ footers and its tallest is from this decade. Healthy balance and again, a nice density. |
I opened this thread thinking it meant tears of joy. Which would be weird.
No skylines “make me cry”. Paris would be the most perfectly formed urban landscape in the world without a single building over 8 stories tall (in fact possibly improved for it). It’s new cities full of cheap painted concrete and autocentric development which, while they don’t make me cry, make me dismayed about the generally low standards that people today have with respect to just about everything. And it’s only going to get worse as humans continue to overbreed. |
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