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View Poll Results: US Cities with Most Dense Overall Downtown Skylines
Seattle 84 40.78%
Honolulu 15 7.28%
Portland, OR 3 1.46%
Phoenix 3 1.46%
Los Angeles 26 12.62%
San Diego 8 3.88%
Denver 6 2.91%
Dallas 14 6.80%
Houston 25 12.14%
Austin 11 5.34%
Atlanta 20 9.71%
New Orleans 5 2.43%
Nashville 10 4.85%
Minneapolis 20 9.71%
Detroit 9 4.37%
Boston 61 29.61%
Philadelphia 93 45.15%
Pittsburgh 31 15.05%
Charlotte 15 7.28%
Jersey City 15 7.28%
Other City 17 8.25%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 206. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-16-2020, 08:43 PM
 
Location: South St Louis
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So I can’t help but notice that the Midwest cities have been mostly excluded. Only Detroit and Minneapolis are listed. What happened to Chicago, KC, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Cleveland, St. Louis, Indy, Columbus, etc? All of those cities have denser skylines than Charlotte. What kind of worthwhile discussion can this list hope to have when so many cities are missing?
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Old 07-16-2020, 09:04 PM
 
Location: Flawduh
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So I can’t help but notice that the Midwest cities have been mostly excluded. Only Detroit and Minneapolis are listed. What happened to Chicago, KC, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Cleveland, St. Louis, Indy, Columbus, etc? All of those cities have denser skylines than Charlotte. What kind of worthwhile discussion can this list hope to have when so many cities are missing?
Read the first post, with regards to Chicago.
The rest on your list do not really have impressive SKYLINES.
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Old 07-17-2020, 05:09 AM
 
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A nice photo showing the density of Boston's skyline


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Old 07-17-2020, 07:25 AM
 
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A nice photo showing the density of Boston's skyline

great picture of Boston; I believe that is the Back Bay area near Fenway Park. I'm used to seeing that sign during Red Sox games.

Seattle, LA, Boston, Philly are probably the best picks on here.
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Old 07-17-2020, 07:59 AM
 
Location: Pacific Northwest
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Two recent shots of Seattle's skyline:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikere...17763/sizes/l/ (from West Seattle)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/balloo...61052/sizes/l/ (from Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood)
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Old 07-17-2020, 09:32 AM
 
Location: South St Louis
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Read the first post, with regards to Chicago.
The rest on your list do not really have impressive SKYLINES.
I totally disagree, and those cities I mentioned have far more dense skylines than most of the sunbelt cities. The poll obviously intentionally excludes the Midwest.
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Old 07-17-2020, 10:08 AM
 
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I totally disagree, and those cities I mentioned have far more dense skylines than most of the sunbelt cities. The poll obviously intentionally excludes the Midwest.
*shrug*

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Old 07-17-2020, 10:21 AM
 
Location: Pacific Northwest
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I totally disagree, and those cities I mentioned have far more dense skylines than most of the sunbelt cities. The poll obviously intentionally excludes the Midwest.
No. You can't tell me with a straight face that Milwaukee has a better or denser skyline than Charlotte. I do think KC's is pretty nice and should be on the list. But no to Milwaukee, Cleveland, Columbus.
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Old 07-17-2020, 10:27 AM
 
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Of your candidates listed, I would have to go with LA. Not only has it exploded in the last 20 years, high-rises, esp apt/condo towers, are flying up by the week, it seems. LA's skyline is very impressive.
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Old 07-17-2020, 10:31 AM
 
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No. You can't tell me with a straight face that Milwaukee has a better or denser skyline than Charlotte. I do think KC's is pretty nice and should be on the list. But no to Milwaukee, Cleveland, Columbus.
I love my hometown of Cleveland as one of the most underrated, unrealized/unknown/overlooked treasures among American mid-sized cities... but its skyline is not its strong suit. There are some nice buildings there, like classic Terminal Tower and very the very impressive, very iconic Key Center, but Cleveland's problems is there's not a lot of skyline density -- our nice buildings seem spaced out and there's a kind of saw-tooth nature to the skyline...

I know Milwaukee outpaces Cleveland, skyline-wise, and from the photos I've seen, KC likely does, too.

... Columbus, ... no.
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