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I can't picture what any Southern city's skyline looks like. It seems to not get the attention the Eastern, Midwestern and West Coast cities get.
Maybe because of where you live or just your skyline knowledge!! I personally can see almost skyline and know exactly what it is, although Bellevue,WA looked like Honolulu to me at first!!!
I can't picture what any Southern city's skyline looks like. It seems to not get the attention the Eastern, Midwestern and West Coast cities get.
What are you talking about? The South has many recognizable skylines...Dallas, New Orleans, Atlanta, & Miami are all widely known in pictures. Now cities like Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Shreveport, Little Rock, Memphis, Birmingham, Mobile, Tampa, Orlando, & Charlotte are all kinda a blur to your average Joe.
What are you talking about? The South has many recognizable skylines...Dallas, New Orleans, Atlanta, & Miami are all widely known in pictures. Now cities like Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Shreveport, Little Rock, Memphis, Birmingham, Mobile, Tampa, Orlando, & Charlotte are all kinda a blur to your average Joe.
What sets any of those four apart from the others?
If you didn't have the beach in the picture most people wouldn't recognize Miami either.
All this is a pretty moot point, since Americans in general are blissfully ignorant of geography.
it would help if any of them had "landmark" structures like the Transamerica building, Sears, Arch, Space Needle, etc... they also don't get any media attention like the poster before me said. I also have to admit that alot of southern skylines can be mistaken for another
it would help if any of them had "landmark" structures like the Transamerica building, Sears, Arch, Space Needle, etc... they also don't get any media attention like the poster before me said. I also have to admit that alot of southern skylines can be mistaken for another
Pretty much. It's not the skyline that most people recognize, it's one particular landmark.
If you took out the Space Needle, most people wouldn't be able to tell Seattle from, say, Boston. Show them a picture and it's a big city on the water. Take out the Sears Tower, which is notable pretty much just for being tall, and people would probably have a hard time telling Chicago for that matter.
If they can't see the Hollywood sign, they probably would have a hard time picking LA out of a lineup.
Nothing to "bash" any of these places. If anything, it's to "bash" people's general level of ignorance about places in their own country.
What sets any of those four apart from the others?
If you didn't have the beach in the picture most people wouldn't recognize Miami either.
All this is a pretty moot point, since Americans in general are blissfully ignorant of geography.
Dallas - Reunion Tower, Bank of America Plaza (green neon building), & Renaissance Tower (the double X building) not to mention the famed TV show Dallas which showed the Downtown Dallas skyline to the whole world.
New Orleans - Lake Ponchartrain & the French Quarter
Atlanta - The Weather Channel & CNN media exposure
I can't picture what any Southern city's skyline looks like. It seems to not get the attention the Eastern, Midwestern and West Coast cities get.
That's your perception. It's not universal.
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