Better skyline Houston or Dallas? (San Antonio, Frisco: renting, ghettos, accounting)

[ColdAilment]

Originally Posted by SouthernBoy205

Really?

For real.

[dallasboi]

View from Oak Cliff

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by First24

True. From a distance, Houston's skyline looks somewhat impressive. With a closer view, you realize it's pretty much comprised of scattered and unusually tall suburban high-rises located within freeway office parks.



Not picking on Williams Tower. One of my favorite skyscrapers in Texas. It would likely be my favorite if located in DT Houston.

That pic of Uptown is not current, its gotta be at least 12-13 years old. There is no green space near Williams Tower anymore as it was replaced by condos & many of those surface lots running north to south along Post Oak Blvd. have either 30+ story buildings or retail development in their place. It looks nothing like that now.

[dallasboi]

this one is just for fun

[ColdAilment]

There's no density to Houston or Dallas. These new megalopolises of the south aren't nearly as dense, urban, or built up as the old northern cities. Compared with Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, these Texas metros look completely different, almost like they belong in California.

Idk, such is the way of the sunbelt cities I suppose, city design and architecture doesn't stay frozen in time, it evolves and changes with time as well.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by ColdAilment

There's no density to Houston or Dallas. These new megalopolises of the south aren't nearly as dense, urban, or built up as the old northern cities. Compared with Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, these Texas metros look completely different, almost like they belong in California.

Idk, such is the way of the sunbelt cities I suppose, city design and architecture doesn't stay frozen in time, it evolves and changes with time as well.

There are "pockets" of what would be considered dense by sunbelt standards.

Even the most dense neighborhoods of Dallas & Houston are suburban compared to those other cities.

Just look at a city like DC from the air & compare it to Dallas. HUGE difference. DC makes Downtown Dallas look like its out in the middle of a pasture.

[dollaztx]

Originally Posted by ColdAilment

There's no density to Houston or Dallas. These new megalopolises of the south aren't nearly as dense, urban, or built up as the old northern cities. Compared with Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, these Texas metros look completely different, almost like they belong in California.

Idk, such is the way of the sunbelt cities I suppose, city design and architecture doesn't stay frozen in time, it evolves and changes with time as well.

So the new is less dense and mature then the old. I could be wrong here but it could be because they are newer. Same as everything else from trees to people to diseases and everything else that grows.

[dallasboi]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

There are "pockets" of what would be considered dense by sunbelt standards.

Even the most dense neighborhoods of Dallas & Houston are suburban compared to those other cities.

Just look at a city like DC from the air & compare it to Dallas. HUGE difference. DC makes Downtown Dallas look like its out in the middle of a pasture.

and how does it make Houston look?

[BCB]

I wasn't aware we were comparing DC to Texas.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by dallasboi

and how does it make Houston look?

Like its in the middle of a forest.