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Tall buildings to sd? Your bias is CLEARLY showing! sd has NOTHING along the lines of Denver's height or density! Tall buildings is def. soemething that is not an opinion. It is a FACT that Denver trumps sd in this category.
Ummm sorry to burst your bubble but San Diego is much more dense if you go by a zip code by zip code comparison
Re-read the thread. That was already debunked due to 53 square miles of DIA. Also guy, the post above was about tall buildings, and sd has nothing nearly as tall!
San Diego's airport is right next to its downtown, that limits how tall buildings can be built. When you fly into SD and look outside the left side of the plane there are high rises a few hundred feet away. So I don't know why anyone would argue SD has a taller skyline, it simply can't because of that fact.
On that note though, even though Denver has a much bigger airport SD has a much more convenient one location wise. If you're a convention or business traveler or tourist staying downtown, it's literally less than 2 miles away.
Why's that? Downtown Denver's architecture is just about as bland and boring as it is anywhere.
As posted earlier...
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Originally Posted by Back-up
FACT:
San Diego has 30 highrise buildings between 300-500 feet tall and San Diego's tallest building is 500 feet. 30 highrise buildings in total over 300 ft tall. Over 140 highrises in total.
Denver has 24 highrise buildings between 300-500 feet tall AND 7 highrise buildings between 500-800 feet tall. Denver's tallest building is 714 feet. 31 highrise buildings total over 300 ft tall. Over 200 highrises in total.
The fact that Denver has 7 buildings taller than San Diego's tallest building, more buildings over 300 ft. tall, and about 60 more highrise buildings in total makes that comparison completely laughable.
It's an utter joke to even start comparing "tall buildings," let alone give it a tie () between Denver and San Diego regardless of your taste in architecture. Denver's skyline is twice the height of San Diego's.
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I just realized I misquoted the amount of highrise buildings Denver has between 300-500 ft tall. The correct total is 34, not 24. The correct stats should read as follows (corrections have been bolded):
Denver has 34 highrise buildings between 300-500 feet tall AND 7 highrise buildings between 500-800 feet tall. Denver's tallest building is 714 feet. 41 highrise buildings total over 300 ft tall. Over 200 highrises in total.
San Diego has 30 highrise buildings between 300-500 feet tall and San Diego's tallest building is 500 feet. 30 highrise buildings in total over 300 ft tall. Over 140 highrises in total.
As you can see, this isn't even close. Denver has a much taller skyline, taller buildings, more highrises and Denver is considerably more urban than San Diego. It's a fact. So everyone move on. Denver has, hands-down, won those categories.
The fact that Denver has 7 buildings taller than San Diego's tallest building, more buildings over 300 ft. tall, and about 60 more highrise buildings in total makes that comparison completely laughable.
It's an utter joke to even start comparing "tall buildings," let alone give it a tie () between Denver and San Diego regardless of your taste in architecture. Denver's skyline is twice the height of San Diego's.
The name of the category is highrises, not number of highrises. The OP could have looked up those numbers themselves if that was all they cared about. Architecture is a perfectly valid reason to like the highrises in San Diego better than the highrises in Denver.
The name of the category is highrises, not number of highrises. The OP could have looked up those numbers themselves if that was all they cared about. Architecture is a perfectly valid reason to like the highrises in San Diego better than the highrises in Denver.
That poster didn't write "Highrises: Tie, slight edge to SD because of architecture."
No, the poster wrote, and I quote, "Tall Buildings: Tie, slight edge to SD because of architecture."
In comparison, San Diego has no tall buildings. By default this category goes to Denver... Hence, laughable.
Ok, As far number of tall buildings are concerned, I'll give it to Denver, but, really, you are going get all excited about 714 feet? You will note that I said "Architecture", I should have left out the the "tall buildings" part: SD wins for me because I like the type of architecture better.
1999 Broadway in Denver is better than ANY building in sd!
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