New York, Sao Paulo, or Shanghai: which one feels the biggest, the most intense, and the most overwhelming? (credit, to live in)

[Fabio SBA]

Originally Posted by EVANGELISTTI

São Paulo and NYC are not in America? Why different continents?
For me NYC is the same of to be in Sao Paulo but speaking English.
I think Shanghai is bigger and crowded. Asians cities are much more crowded and overpopulated.
São Paulo’s metro area there are more than 30 cities really independent in daily life so you don’t feel in a city of 21 million people but in a city of 10 million people like Buenos Aires for example.

Some people consider North America and South America distinct continents.
However, I don't know if it's a fair comparison.
São Paulo and Shanghai, yes, both play more or less the same role - SP in Latin America, Shanghai in Asia.
But NYC should be more accurately compared with Tokyo.

[bostonkid123]

I think it's safe to say that Shanghai can claim the top spot with a comfortable margin...

Shanghai Aerial 2016:




Shanghai Metro 2020: 18 Subway Lines, 480 miles of Subway Trackage:

[Pueblofuerte]

Originally Posted by Fabio SBA

The law in São Paulo restricts the height of the buildings; therefore, places such as Pudong or buildings like Empire State cannot exist in SP.

The dumbest law and the reason SP's skyline is so dam ugly.

[Mr.Falcon]

This I agree. Actually these laws are commom in most of Brazil.

[Bettafish]

Originally Posted by Mr.Falcon

This I agree. Actually these laws are commom in most of Brazil.

Many Chinese cities have such rules too. There is no tall building in center of Beijing (inside the second ring road).

[Fabio SBA]

The problem with the skyscrapers of Shanghai is that unlike icons of NYC such as Empire State and Chrysler Building, they are ugly. The tallest one looks like a poorly rolled newspaper and the second tallest one looks like a bottle opener. The Oriental Pearl Tower, however, looks nice.

[OyCrumbler]

Originally Posted by Fabio SBA

The problem with the skyscrapers of Shanghai is that unlike icons of NYC such as Empire State and Chrysler Building, they are ugly. The tallest one looks like a poorly rolled newspaper and the second tallest one looks like a bottle opener. The Oriental Pearl Tower, however, looks nice.

Interesting--of the ones you listed, I think the rolled newspaper and bottle opener look nice and the oriental pearl tower looks godawful.

[qworldorder]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

Interesting--of the ones you listed, I think the rolled newspaper and bottle opener look nice and the oriental pearl tower looks godawful.

Same here. The Oriental Pearl Tower just looks very, very tacky, like it belongs in Las Vegas or something.

[bostonkid123]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

Interesting--of the ones you listed, I think the rolled newspaper and bottle opener look nice and the oriental pearl tower looks godawful.

The Shanghai Tower is probably the most well-designed and innovative towers yet to be built in Shanghai:



And it is absolutely massive, and a good 300+ ft taller than anything in NYC:

[Fabio SBA]

Definitively, architecture is a matter of taste.