Battle of the "B" Skyline: Birmingham vs. Buffalo (home, neighborhoods)

[A&M Bulldawg]

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[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by SlickRick1

Im not wrong. Go to ths site that gives out numbers in highrises. Buffalo has 69. How many does Birmingham have? I have been to Birminham before and I lived in Buffalo. You can say anything you want. Buffalo's downtown is bigger, better, and more dense. Go to Emporis. Buffalo has 69 highrises to Birmingham's 54. Yeah, that makes Birmingham twice as high and twice as dense. You are clever to just show Buffalo's tallest 6 to Birminhams tallest six. Yet you leave out the next 63 from Buffalo, and 48 from Birmingham.

I included MANY buildings from both cities...and Birmingham is taller. Buffalo has a lot of buildings shorter than 5 floors, as does Birmingham. Those structures don't make a skyline.

For the first calculation I included the 13 tallest...the second calculation included at least 20 or more of the tallest. You don't even make any sense...it's the facts, no my opinion. And who said anything about either city being twice as dense or twice as tall? No one but you...

Birmingham's skyline is taller, any way you want to spin it.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by SlickRick1

And there is absolutely nothing special about Boringham. It is one of the boringest skylines around. All four of their bigger buildings look dull as hell. Buffalo's buildings have great detail to them. They don't all look like any building you would find in any city. Architecture in Buffalo is leaps and bounds ahead of Boringham.

My...how mature of you. That post is simply full of facts and statistics proving your point.

[SlickRick1]

Originally Posted by KE111691

Birmingham's density is twice the size of Buffalo's, but Buffalo is just a little taller, though!

Hey Deacon you said it and he said it right after each other on the first page. I guess you just dont remember ha. I guess you must of missed that. By the way I dont really know what your trying to do with statistics. If you go by even twenty buildings it's misleading. Bottom line, Buffalo has 69 highrises, which highrises are atleast 6 floors, which aren't small and do add to a skyline. While Boringham has 54. Im no math wizard but 15 more skyrises would contribute to a skyline, no? Needless to say, my judgement has come from visiting Boringham, it does not have a nicer or bigger downtown than Buffalo. It actually reminds me of a smaller version of Phoenix. While Buffalo reminds me of Milwaukee. I lived in Buffalo for a lot of years. Thats where I get that experience. Buffalo is much nicer too. You can say what you want about Boringham, but bottom line, regardless of what I say or you say, which cities skyline looks nicer? That seems to be the question.

Will this make you happy? We'll say, Buffalo has the tallest building of the two cities. Boringham might have overall one or two slightly taller buildings. Honestly, what difference does that really make? Does that change the architecture of the buildings, the style? Does overall having a few more floors make it bigger, better. Although you fail to count fifteen more highrises from Buffalo, since they don't suit your standards of defininition. If we added those, it would be no contest. But I dont need to add those. Buffalo don't even need those.Boringhams skyline is sad and boring looking. By the way, who is winning the poll? Clearly, I am not the only one who feels this way. Apparently, the majority feels the same way.

You can rant all you want though. You want to judge the first twenty highrises but can't accept judging all of them. I would hate to play any board game with you. Do you just make your own rules up. If you want to come on and do stats, count all of Buffalos highrises, all 69 of them. Not 45 or fifty. Then add up all of Boringham's 54. Dont just pick and choose which one's you decide will be counted.

By the way, Your responses have been a good example of maturity.

[A&M Bulldawg]

Excuse me, slickrick, it's not Boringham; it's Birmingham. Your sarcasm is very snobish and immature!

To not offend anybody, Buffalo reminds me of every Northern city: it has alot of old buildings. Birmingham, compared to Buffalo, has the nicest skyline of the two. Birmingham has 3 skylines in one, making it more dense then Buffalo's. Traveling down I-65, you can see the density of Birmingham combined skylines! Birmingham doesn't have a boring skyline. Maybe you should look at Buffalo's first before you can come to the conclusion that Birmingham's skyline is boring. Birmingham's skyline is one of the most recognizable skylines in the country: the shot from Red Mountain is popular. To be honest, I wouldn't know Buffalo's skyline if I see it. Buffalo is gloomy, including its skyline. A bunch of old buidings looks a hot mess!

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by SlickRick1

Hey Deacon you said it and he said it right after each other on the first page. I guess you just dont remember ha. I guess you must of missed that. By the way I dont really know what your trying to do with statistics. If you go by even twenty buildings it's misleading. Bottom line, Buffalo has 69 highrises, which highrises are atleast 6 floors, which aren't small and do add to a skyline. While Boringham has 54. Im no math wizard but 15 more skyrises would contribute to a skyline, no? Needless to say, my judgement has come from visiting Boringham, it does not have a nicer or bigger downtown than Buffalo. It actually reminds me of a smaller version of Phoenix. While Buffalo reminds me of Milwaukee. I lived in Buffalo for a lot of years. Thats where I get that experience. Buffalo is much nicer too. You can say what you want about Boringham, but bottom line, regardless of what I say or you say, which cities skyline looks nicer? That seems to be the question.

Will this make you happy? We'll say, Buffalo has the tallest building of the two cities. Boringham might have overall one or two slightly taller buildings. Honestly, what difference does that really make? Does that change the architecture of the buildings, the style? Does overall having a few more floors make it bigger, better. Although you fail to count fifteen more highrises from Buffalo, since they don't suit your standards of defininition. If we added those, it would be no contest. But I dont need to add those. Buffalo don't even need those.Boringhams skyline is sad and boring looking. By the way, who is winning the poll? Clearly, I am not the only one who feels this way. Apparently, the majority feels the same way.

You can rant all you want though. You want to judge the first twenty highrises but can't accept judging all of them. I would hate to play any board game with you. Do you just make your own rules up. If you want to come on and do stats, count all of Buffalos highrises, all 69 of them. Not 45 or fifty. Then add up all of Boringham's 54. Dont just pick and choose which one's you decide will be counted.

By the way, Your responses have been a good example of maturity.

I most certainly DID NOT make that statement...why don't show us all where I said it if I did??? Please don't tell me I said something that I didn't say. It really damages your credibility. Another bit of advice...you're showing your age by making up adolescent derogatory names for another city. We could all do that - I've heard some funny ones for Buffalo - but I won't stoop to that level. You might not want to either.

YOU go through and add up the floors for EVERY building in each city if you want to...that doesn't give an accurate image of the skyline. For your information, I counted everything above 10 floors! Quit trying to refute the facts - it doesn't say much for you.

The first 20 buildings is plenty...and Birmingham wins that race. Sorry!

[SlickRick1]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

Brimingham's skyline is much more dense and taller than Buffalo's...that's why I feel that way.


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Gee Deacon,

Are you schizophrenic or something? Does this look like you said it? I know those aren't my words. Unless someone has figured out a way to fool CityData and use other people's names to post their opinions, I would say those are your words. Do you still want to refute this? I know your probably thinking, gee shucks, I wish I could edit that real quick. Sorry, you only have an hour and a half from when you first post to make corrections, or in your case, delete something. Secondly to KE11169 or whatever you want to call yourself. Saying Birmingham has one of the most recognizable skylines is about the biggest stretch I've heard on here? Most people couldn't tell you the difference between Boringham or any other city. "Most recognizable skyline in the country" and Birmingham should never be put together in one sentence. NYC, LA, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco. Those are the most recognizable in the country. Excuse me anyone if I left your's out. Boringham by any stretch of the imagination would never fall within "the most recognizable" for skylines in this country. If anything it should fall somewhere at the very bottom, if it falls anywhere at all.

It's funny. You two came on here and started trashing Buffalo. Saying how Birmingham, pop 220,000 has a much larger twice as dense skyline as Buffalo now 290,000. I mean seriously, who are you kidding? Yet when someone disagree's with you, you curl up on the floor crying injustice with your finger in your mouth. Then you insult others maturity. As if you set quite the example. FYI, I wouldn't be so sarcastic if you two hadn't come on here spitting silly stats and making outlandish statements. You speak in absolutes. You offer your opinion as fact. You act like because you said it, it is true. Have you looked at the poll? Clearly, your opinion does not count for everybody. Im sorry I have to throw in one more LMAO, for that one about Boringham having one of the most recognizable skyline's. My god. I am still rolling. If nothing else, thanks for the laugh. I needed it tonight. By the way, I am not saying Buffalo's is perfect by any stretch. It could definately improve. However, that is not to say that in my opinion it still isn't better than Boringham's. It is. But not by much. Both skyline's have serious room for improvement. But atleast I am not delussional in my appraisal. For you to come on here and act like everyone could pick Boringham's dull skyline from anywhere is way out there, in my opinion. I bet you most people have never even seen it, or couldn't tell you what it looks like to keep themselves alive.

Last thing I'll add. Why do you keep calling something with two or three buildings a skyline? In that case Big cities like NY, Chicago, LA, hell even much smaller cities like Boston, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, etc must have a hundred skylines. I don't think your definition of a skyline is the same as the rest of us, but I dont know because I can't honestly speak for everyone else. But seriously, I am not trying to be mean. But how can you say you didn't say something, that clearly anyone can go to page one to see what you wrote? Do you think that we are blind, or can't read? Do you not know that you have already laid the proof for us? I just have a hard time figuring out where your logic is at. If you are using any at all. I hope this doesn't discourage you from lieing to us some more. I dont know about anyone else but you are definately making me laugh! After all who needs honesty and why start now? Keep lieing to us on here and someday, someone might believe you, I promise. It just wont be me. Have a nice day.

[GDK94]

you dont have to explain slickrick. the poll says which skyline is better.

[A&M Bulldawg]

Your point was made for people who are on your side. For me, it wasn't. Your immature post is not getting it and not making a point. IT IS NOT BORINGHAM; IT'S BIRMINGHAM! I don't call Buffalo out of its name. If Birmingham doesn't have a recognizable shot, then Buffalo doesn't. I though that Buffalo's skyline was a mid-sized Ohio city skyline.

I started this post to have general discussion, not to argue. Please take this into consideration, and leave your northern attitude when you post because it's ridiculus the way this thread turned out. The North and the South can never have a civilized discussion. Maybe I should have done Birmingham vs. Raleigh or some southern city.

[Billiam]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

Birmingham's skyline is taller, any way you want to spin it.

Actually when people ask which one is taller, they are talking about the highest point in the skyline, in which case, Buffalo is Taller at 161 meters, with Birmingham trailing at 138 meters