[holladay]

I don't have the patience to read through this whole post so I know I'm exaggerating some of the arguments presented here but I find it foolish that presence of towers is now considered evidence of "world class city" status. More likely, towers just mean greater business presence, corporate headquarters, that sort of thing. And maybe increased role in international commerce. That's it... They don't create great cities. Rotterdam, Frankfurt and Birmingham all accord to this logic.