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View Poll Results: Skyline competition: Chicago vs Hong Kong
Chicago 31 34.07%
Hong Kong 60 65.93%
Voters: 91. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 05-26-2009, 08:27 PM
 
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I'd say Hong Kong, it's amazing. I love how it's hugged by the mountains and offers so many different views.

 
Old 05-26-2009, 11:05 PM
 
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There's a LOT of quality in HK.
There really isn't.

Much like Manhattan, all you see in the Hong Kong skyline is quantity. When you live there, you're surrounded by some god awful concrete hellhole. The buildings all look the same, and they all look uniformly terrible. They are extremely generic, dirty and tend to be constructed in that manner which is a testament to the Chinese government's laziness.
 
Old 05-26-2009, 11:40 PM
 
Location: THE THRONE aka-New York City
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There really isn't.

Much like Manhattan, all you see in the Hong Kong skyline is quantity. When you live there, you're surrounded by some god awful concrete hellhole. The buildings all look the same, and they all look uniformly terrible. They are extremely generic, dirty and tend to be constructed in that manner which is a testament to the Chinese government's laziness.
I was with you till u said much like manhattan. Have you lived in hong kong
 
Old 05-26-2009, 11:57 PM
 
Location: Bronx, NY
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There really isn't.

Much like Manhattan, all you see in the Hong Kong skyline is quantity. When you live there, you're surrounded by some god awful concrete hellhole. The buildings all look the same, and they all look uniformly terrible. They are extremely generic, dirty and tend to be constructed in that manner which is a testament to the Chinese government's laziness.
Much like Manhattan please are you on something lol... NYC's skyline is not extremely generic. The buildings does not looks the same. Every time I go to Manhattan, I see tourists taking pictures of all the buildings in Manhattan. Now I say, if this was the reason then why are people taking pictures of many buildings of Manhattan? I'll let you answer that question.
 
Old 05-27-2009, 12:03 AM
 
Location: On the Great South Bay
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There really isn't.

Much like Manhattan, all you see in the Hong Kong skyline is quantity. When you live there, you're surrounded by some god awful concrete hellhole. The buildings all look the same, and they all look uniformly terrible. They are extremely generic, dirty and tend to be constructed in that manner which is a testament to the Chinese government's laziness.
Then why did you vote for Hong Kong over New York in the NY versus HK thread??? Are you saying that NYs buildings look worse than a "god awful concrete hellhole built to the Chinese government's laziness"? You must know that New York has been built to similar market forces as Chicago and both cities are more similar to each other than either is to Hong Kong. Why the double standard?????
 
Old 05-27-2009, 12:19 AM
 
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Hong Kong wasn't under Chinese government control until 1999.
 
Old 05-27-2009, 07:07 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia,New Jersey, NYC!
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HK. i'd actually choose it over NYC


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Old 05-27-2009, 07:11 AM
 
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Hong Kong is #1 in the world, no doubt.*










*Disclaimer: For skylines
 
Old 05-27-2009, 08:17 AM
 
Location: South Carolina
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Hong Kong, strictly due to how the mountains are incorporated into the skyline. A bunch of skyscrapers doesn't really impress me unless there's something unique in the architecture like Dubai or like SF's Transamerica Pyramid or like Nashville's Batman Building. I actually like Monaco's skyline (which doesn't have skyscrapers) much better than NYC.
 
Old 05-27-2009, 08:27 AM
 
Location: Omaha
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No city on Earth comes close to HK.


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