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Originally Posted by kolchak
That pic was to illustrate the cityscape - not any single building. There is just a lot of mid-rise low rise density in Chicago and some but a fair amount less in Toronto. I'm not implying it - I'm saying exactly that.
On the other hand my responses here are not meant to be any more or less condescending than the posts I am replying to. And while not a versus thread it is a comparison thread. If you read all my recent posts I believe I have tried to strike a balance in my comments. I lived in Europe for almost ten years and maintain a dual residency so I do have some knowledge there
When someone says that Toronto has passed Madrid and is poised to shortly join the ranks of Paris, NYC and Shanghai though, I do think that's ridiculous - for many reasons that are not really worth getting into here.
But I get it - stay on topic - this is a skyscraper thread and I don't want to steer the discourse here into a (IMO endless and boring exercise) City vs City thing.
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isaidso did not say that Toronto has passed Madrid and will join NYC, etc. He said Toronto is a global city and thus operates in the same plane as Stockholm, Melbourne, NYC for global talent and capital. Toronto arguably is a larger and wealthier city than Stockholm and Melbourne while smaller and less powerful than NYC. Thesecities were grouped together for being global cities. Chicago is not a global city, it is a regional American city, albeit a powerful one, and has a similar sized economy and population to Toronto.
Anyway, this is a classic city-vs-city thread, and kolchak despite his pretensions, is hardly being objective. I grant you kolchak that a couple forumers on the other side are also poorly informed and boosterish too but be honest with yourself, you're very much a Chicago booster with your USA-centric blinkers on. I'm a dual citizen of Canada and the USA who has spent over a decade in Europe.
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