Will/Can Jacksonville ever have skyscrapers outside of Downtown? (residential, area)

[GadgetRick]

Originally Posted by madcapmagishion

Shanghai has 23,000,000 people, Jacksonville has 925,000. Shanghai province is 4 times as large as Jacksonville. You get 22 million of your friends to move to Jacksonville and I assure you there will be more skyscrapers here than there are there. Until that happens, it ain't gonna happen in Jax.

Exactly. They have skyscrapers there for a reason--a LOT of people in a small space. We don't have that problem here in Jacksonville--and likely never will.

Skyscrapers are absolutely a legacy of a bygone era. Why do you think there are (relatively) so few being built here in the US?

And I don't know how you can feel living in a house is like a prison. I can understand how you feel it's fun living in a high rise in a vibrant city--not that it's something I've ever wanted to do--but a prison? Really?? That makes absolutely no sense.

[FlyiMetro]

Originally Posted by GadgetRick

But, again, why would anyone? Skyscrapers are a legacy of a bygone era before the Internet and the ability for you to work from just about anywhere.

They're ridiculously expensive to build and maintain. They're just not needed unless space is limited, which it's not around here.

Space should be saved.

[FlyiMetro]

Originally Posted by Tekka

I don't agree that they are a legacy of a bygone era at all. If you go to China for example you'll find that they have hundreds of cities with thousands of skyscrapers in each city. Nearly all of which were constructed within the last decade. Shanghai alone has more than 5,000 skyscrapers and they keep building more. It actually seems backward in this day and age for us to avoid building them.

Thats a very impressive gallery. Are those just random pics for cities in China?

[GadgetRick]

Originally Posted by FlyiMetro

Space should be saved.

Huh? Space should be saved...for what?

[fsquid]

I think CSX was in Philly.

[Keith-n-Jax]

Originally Posted by FlyiMetro

Everyone should be allowed to say what they please, whether negative or positive.

Yes they should, but does that mean "should they"? Constructive criticisim is always welcomed, but flat out lies, personal attacks on a place you may dislike for what ever reason serves what purpose? It serves none, just as their repeated negative posts. There is another poster from Tenn thats constanly comes on here with nothing but negativitly. After awhile it gets annoying. I Guess where they live must be real boring.

[Dreads0518]

Downtown Jax used to be "alive". At least for some residents.
Lost Jacksonville

[madcapmagishion]

Originally Posted by Dreads0518

Downtown Jax used to be "alive". At least for some residents.
Lost Jacksonville

"Used to be" is an important part of the previous statement.

[fsquid]

St. Louis downtown is coming back I thought

[LilMikey]

Originally Posted by fsquid

St. Louis downtown is coming back I thought

They built the new stadium a few years ago and there's a section on Washington Ave where they've rehabed a bunch of apartments and opened small shops but by and large, downtown is filled with abandoned and often blown out office buildings and factories.

One good thing about the STL downtown is the landing. A couple parks, arch, bunch of restaurants, couple of casinos are all right there backed by a bunch of bars all a short walk from all of the stadiums. It has the potential to be something great but running a major highway right through the middle of it kinda breaks everything up. Not to mention the Mississippi is basically a sewer.