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Originally Posted by N90
Austin’s skyline is much more impressive when comparing 500+ footers to other cities but if you drop the threshold to 300+ feet then the skyline feels very distant and further back from cities like Houston, etc.
There’s still a very long way to go until it’s in those other cities’ league.
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Another factor is that Austin’s skyline is dominated by residential, whereas others are dominated by office. The former tend to be narrower and less visually imposing than the latter. Collectively, office-dominated skylines simply look larger because the buildings have heft.