Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
I just returned from Austin, TX, the last time I visited was 2004 and the skyline has dramatically changed since then. So my vote goes for Austin, but what city will you say?
I've never been to Bellevue, WA but from my understanding it didn't even have a skyline until recently, so I guess it would be number one.
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
10,731 posts, read 23,698,147 times
Reputation: 14591
Quote:
Originally Posted by BMOREBOY
I just returned from Austin, TX, the last time I visited was 2004 and the skyline has dramatically changed since then. So my vote goes for Austin, but what city will you say?
I've never been to Bellevue, WA but from my understanding it didn't even have a skyline until recently, so I guess it would be number one.
Bellevue has had high rises since the 80's. Added substantially more in the 90's. The high rises have doubled in numbers over the last 10 years as it started trending more towards residential high rises.
Austin, OKC, Charlotte, Omaha are big changers I think of. Some on the list are bigger changers than others obviously, but those are the main cites I think of really flipping their respective scripts since the turn of the millennium.
Philadelphia has changed a ton since 2000. It was a nearly dead city like Detroit in 2000 and a good majority of the city was a ghetto. Things have changed drastically and the city has accomplished probably the best urban renewal plan in recent history.
With that said and out of the way, my vote would probably go to DC. Man has DC seen a lot of construction and changes. It really is a completely different city especially for one that saw murder rates of over 80 per 100k not too long ago.
I know over last 20 years Philadelphia skyline has changed dramatically, people on various sites said that buildings weren't allowed to be taller than City-Hall for decades up until the late 80's early 90's. And I can agree that Charlotte skyline has changed rather quickly, and I absolutely love the high-rises that have been built. OKC skyline has changed mostly because of the Devon Energy Tower, right?
Philadelphia has changed a ton since 2000. It was a nearly dead city like Detroit in 2000 and a good majority of the city was a ghetto. Things have changed drastically and the city has accomplished probably the best urban renewal plan in recent history.
No offense to Detroit, as that city gets hammered non-stop, but Philadelphia, overall, has never been as worse off as that city. I still do agree that Philly has definitely come a long way in 10 years, but I would actually rate DC as having been more transformed (at least in terms of non Sun Belt cities). The revitalization/gentrification in that city has been astronomical over the past decade.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
