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Old Posted Oct 13, 2019, 4:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Zapatan View Post
I think Los Angeles has this feel, despite its relative lack of skyscrapers.

But as far as the original question goes, it depends on what aspect of urbanity you're talking about. I'd say Chicago simply because the downtown is huge with tons of skyscrapers, even in Asia Chicago would be one of the better skylines. This may not directly correlate with urbanity for some people but definitely helps.



Yea, still Chicago or maybe LA. Miami could be a contender
Miami... no.

Not even close to a contender in the “most urban” category.

Miami and south Florida in general are characterized by very dense, suburban-style development. Even though Miami has lots of high-rise condo towers, they are best described as “suburban life in the sky”... as almost all of them are built atop massive parking pedestals (many with zero street-level tenancy). And within 2 blocks from those core 50+ story condo towers are 1-story single-family homes with front and back yards (often with swimming pools) and driveways and garages. There are also supermarkets, drive thru restaurants, banks, and drug stores all with surface parking lots in the same adjacent proximity to the downtown core skyscrapers. Miami was designed to be and functions as an automobile dependent culture. That’s not “urban” by any classification we generally abide to on this forum.