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Originally Posted by Zapatan
It's sad, Chicago is an alpha world city and should act like it.
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Since when has having tall buildings even had anything to do with "acting like an alpha world city"? That is pretty ridiculous.
900+ foot buildings by Alpha (++, +, regular, or -) cities either completed or currently under construction:
1. Dubai (+): 57
2. NYC (++): 28
3. Guangzhou (-): 14
4. Shanghai (+): 13
5. Kuala Lumpur: 11
6T. Chicago: 8
6T. Hong Kong (+): 8
6T. Jakarta: 8
9. Moscow: 7
10. Mumbai: 6
11. Bangkok (-): 5
12T. Riyadh (-): 4
12T. Seoul: 4
12T. Singapore (+): 4
12T. Toronto: 4
16T. Beijing (+): 3
16T. Istanbul: 3
18T. London (++): 2
18T. Los Angeles: 2
18T. Melbourne (-): 2
18T. San Francisco (-): 2
22T. Santiago (-): 1
22T. Taipei (-): 1
22T. Tel Aviv (-): 1
22T. Warsaw: 1
26T. Amsterdam: 0
26T. Barcelona (-): 0
26T. Bogota (-): 0
26T. Brussels: 0
26T. Buenos Aires (-): 0
26T. Dublin (-): 0
26T. Frankfurt: 0
26T. Johannesburg: 0
26T. Lisbton (-): 0
26T. Luxembourg: 0
26T. Madrid: 0
26T. Manila (-): 0
26T. Mexico City: 0
26T. Miami (-): 0
26T. Milan: 0
26T. New Delhi (-): 0
26T. Paris (+): 0
26T. Sao Paulo: 0
26T. Stockholm (-): 0
26T. Sydney: 0
26T. Tokyo (+): 0
26T. Vienna (-): 0
26T. Washington DC (-): 0
26T. Zurich (-): 0
24 of these 49 cities (aka almost 50% of them) don't even have a single 900+ foot skyscraper complete or currently under construction in their cities. Chicago has more 900+ footers than Tokyo, London, Paris, and Beijing
combined which are all higher ranked than Chicago on the Alpha Scale.
Chicago is tied for 6th place with higher alpha-ranked Hong Kong, and Jakarta. Yeah I don't think the height of your buildings has anything to do with what type of global city you are. Maybe you should talk to a city like London or Tokyo about that one.
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