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Originally Posted by DCReid
The biggest areas will remain NY and LA, and I predict Riverside will be included in LA metro. I think Milwaukee may be added to Chicago. US cities continue to spread outward, so I am guessing other metros like DFW, Houston and Atl will gain new counties. It will be interesting to see if Austin and San Antonio merge, although I do not know if how much growth is between them.
The US is obviously an economic powerhouse but I think NYC will be the only US city in the top 50 worldwide by 2046 (well maybe LA with Riverside as near the bottom of the top 50). I wonder if even the US will have any skyscrapers in the top 50 by 2046 as well, and the Empire State Building may not be even in the top 100.
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This sounds very overly negative, according to this (not sure how accurate it is though), the US still has
three cities in the top 10 by 2035, and currently does too.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/top-10-cities/
Why would the US not have any skyscrapers in the top 50 by then? It currently has several, one in the top 10, 20 and 30 each and 5 or 6 in total. Considering China has banned skyscrapers and the only megatall U/C is because of PNB118's massive pinnacle I would say 1WTC isn't dropping out of the top 10 anytime in the near future. PNB will push the WTC to #8 globally. I don't see 42 more 550+ meter buildings being built in the next 20 years. I just don't. Even Sears may still be there.
The ESB comparison is a bit unfair, that building was built a century ago and still (barely) makes top 50 today, even w/o the antenna.