Los Angeles skyline vs Houston skyline (better)

[Akhenaton06]

I'm going with LA here. Height-wise the two CBD skylines are similar, but LA's skyline has noticeably more density.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by Akhenaton06

I'm going with LA here. Height-wise the two CBD skylines are similar, but LA's skyline has noticeably more density.

More low rise density yeah.

Houston is more of a skyscraper lovers city than LA is IMO.

LA's drawback is that its in a highly earthquake prone part of the country Vs. Houston where its coastal flooding, hurricanes blowing out glass windows raining debris to contend with. Los Angeles could build taller if it really wanted to though, other earthquake prone cities around the world do it all the time its just a matter of engineering.

Houston has the 3rd largest/tallest skyline in the US after NYC & Chicago, respectively.

[Libohove90]

^I have heard numerous claims that Miami has the 3rd largest skyline in the US.

Quite honestly, I think San Francisco's skyline is larger than Houston's central skyline? SF's skyline is shorter, but more dense and full than Houston's.

[HtownLove]

Originally Posted by Libohove90

^I have heard numerous claims that Miami has the 3rd largest skyline in the US.

Quite honestly, I think San Francisco's skyline is larger than Houston's central skyline? SF's skyline is shorter, but more dense and full than Houston's.

this is not something of opinion. the heights of buildings is something you can measure. and houston's measures up as the 3rd tallest

[westhou]

Both cities have a pretty weak skyline. The Texas Medical Center has a far superior skyline then both Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Houston.

[HtownLove]

so that you no longer perpetuate this nonsense, here is something you can quote:

Link: http://www.library.tudelft.nl/~egram/skylines.htm (broken link)

1. New York, NY (incl. Jersey City, NJ)
2. Chicago, IL
3. Houston, TX
4. Los Angeles, CA
5. San Francisco, CA
6. Atlanta, GA
7. Miami, FL (incl. Miami Beach, FL)
8. Dallas, TX
9. Boston, MA
10. Philadelphia, PA (incl. Camden, NJ)
11. Seattle, WA
12. Honolulu, HI
13. Minneapolis, MN
14. Las Vegas, NV
15. Denver, CO
16. Pittsburgh, PA
17. Detroit, MI
18. New Orleans, LA
19. Cleveland, OH
20. San Diego, CA
21. Charlotte, NC
22. Columbus, OH
23. Kansas City, MO
24. Baltimore, MD
25. Sunny Isles Beach, FL
26. Tulsa, OK
27. St. Louis, MO
28. Tampa, FL
29. Cincinnati, OH (incl. Covington, KY)
30. Indianapolis, IN
31. Fort Worth, TX
32. Hartford, CT
33. Nashville, TN
34. Louisville, KY
35. Milwaukee, WI
36. Jacksonville, FL
37. Portland, OR
38. Phoenix, AZ
39. Fort Lauderdale, FL
40. Atlantic City, NJ
41. Oklahoma City, OK
42. San Antonio, TX
43. St. Paul, MN
44. Des Moines, IA
45. Sandy Springs/Dunwoody, GA
46. Austin, TX
47. Little Rock, AR
48. Mobile, AL
49. Newark, NJ
50. Omaha, NE

[HtownLove]

These give a world wide ranking based on height.

http://www.ultrapolisproject.com/Tal...nes_Cities.htm

Houston ranks number 9 in the world

[Metro Matt]

Simply no comparison between LA & Houston other than their downtown proper skylines which are of similar height. Other than that, Houston blows LA out of the water with its many other skylines randomly scattered over a 500+ square mile area not even including surrounding places like The Woodlands, Clear Lake, & Galveston Island which have buildings ranging between 200-450 ft. in height.

[lmcintyre1s]

Personally, I thought Houston's skyline was pretty weak for a city it's size. Maybe I was just expecting too much. Never been to L.A.

[Akhenaton06]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Other than that, Houston blows LA out of the water with its many other skylines randomly scattered over a 500+ square mile area not even including surrounding places like The Woodlands, Clear Lake, & Galveston Island which have buildings ranging between 200-450 ft. in height.

Sure you must be aware that LA has just as much, if not more, randomly-scattered skylines across the area as well:


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