Which cities have skylines bigger relative to their population? (compare, metropolitan, people)

[sav858]

Originally Posted by Akhenaton06

I don't think the beach towns really count here, for obvious reasons.

Why?

A skyline is a skyline whether or not those buildings are filled with office workers, residents, or tourists.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by sav858

Why?

A skyline is a skyline whether or not those buildings are filled with office workers, residents, or tourists.

A resort city skyline is very different from that of a non-resort. I wouldn't think it would be a fair comparison.

[garmin239]

I think Hartford has a pretty big skyline for the size of the city.

[sav858]

Originally Posted by DeaconJ

A resort city skyline is very different from that of a non-resort

How?

I wouldn't think it would be a fair comparison.

Why?

I think places like Honolulu and Miami have very nice skylines despite them being made up of mostly condo's and hotels.

[Akhenaton06]

Originally Posted by sav858

Why?

A skyline is a skyline whether or not those buildings are filled with office workers, residents, or tourists.

For the purposes of this thread, I don't think beach/resort towns count because the vast majority of buildings in their skyline are for residential use by seasonal tourists (non-residents). The only exceptions would be cities like Miami and Honolulu (to a lesser extent) which function as economic hubs for their region/state.

[TT1]

Miami trumps most skylines with only a fraction of their population.

[polo89]

Originally Posted by TT1

Miami trumps most skylines with only a fraction of their population.

I agree.

[polo89]

Miami city limits has a population of only 400,000+.

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by polo89

Miami city limits has a population of only 400,000+.

Is this discussion about city populations? If so, Atlanta has a very large skyline for a city of 538,000...along the same lines as Miami's.

[Akhenaton06]

Surely we can't be going by city populations here.