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Originally Posted by Metro-One
Also, the only part of the urban built form in Vancouver that is manipulated due to the mountain views is the height of towers, many other urban aspects in Vancouver do celebrate the urban realm quite well. So again, in your original post it did seem that you equated tower height quite heavily with the quality of the urban realm.
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I think Vancouver has found a pretty good balance between building up as an impressive city, while also taking into account the area's natural beauty.
Hong Kong is certainly impressive as far as massive numbers of high rises crammed into a small area, but as a result, the focus has been taken completely off the geography of the area (it's actually a really scenic area, but you can't see a whole lot of it).
Celebrating only the built form makes a city just like every other city out there. There has to be features that really distinguish it.
That... And call me crazy, but I like how laid back Vancouver is for its size.