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The website I linked to before had a different list that was ordered by cities with the most buildings over 35 meters or 12 stories (no idea how old or how accurate it is):
World Ranking Name # of Builds over 35 Meters
8 New York City 6,608
52 Chicago 1,357
103 Los Angeles 587
115 Washington, D.C. 477
119 San Francisco 460
121 Honolulu 451
122 Philadelphia 447
124 Houston 434
125 Miami 404
129 Dallas 386
151 Detroit 270
154 San Juan 252
156 Boston 237
159 Atlanta 234
162 Seattle 222
168 Denver 204
171 Minneapolis 192
179 Baltimore 159
184 Pittsburgh 151
185 Miami Beach 150
185 St. Louis 150
187 San Diego 149
189 Austin 140
191 Fort Lauderdale 136
194 Las Vegas 135
198 Nashville 131
199 Portland 129
201 Cincinnati 120
205 Milwaukee 114
206 Kansas City 112
207 Cleveland 111
208 Jersey City 110
209 New Orleans 107
211 Hartford 103
212 Newark 100
Combined, Miami and Miami Beach have 554 such buildings in 43 square miles of land, and more are coming out of the ground. This is quite impressive when put up against monster land area cities like Houston, Los Angeles, etc. FWIW, there are other adjacent municipalities around Miami that aren't even included like North Bay Village, Sunrise, Bal Harbour, Coral Gables, etc. Even if they were, "Miami" would still be among the smallest area cities on this list, and have one of the most impressive numbers.
Combined, Miami and Miami Beach have 554 such buildings in 43 square miles of land, and more are coming out of the ground. This is quite impressive when put up against monster land area cities like Houston, Los Angeles, etc. FWIW, there are other adjacent municipalities around Miami that aren't even included like North Bay Village, Sunrise, Bal Harbour, Coral Gables, etc. Even if they were, "Miami" would still be among the smallest area cities on this list, and have one of the most impressive numbers.
It shows that Miami is a desirable place to live, otherwise when they ran out of space they would have built elsewhere instead of building up. But that is what is expected. When you run out of land to build out you build up. I don't know if I would call it impressive though, it is just common sense.
What I find impressive is that in areas with lots of land and in places that most on here would deem less desirable they still build up. Houston has all this extra open land, they are not pressed for space, most on here clown on how undesirable it is and yet it is up there with the best of them for number of towers. THAT'S IMPRESSIVE!!!!
What are the differences between living in highrise’s in these cities? Amenities in the building? Rooftop pools? Neighborhoods? How is one highrise different from another? In DC’s case, what is the difference between living in a 15 story highrise compared to the 30-40 story highrises in other cities? I’ve often wondered this when comparing living in Arlington VA versus inside DC. You can live on the 30th floor in Arlington VA, but only the 15th floor in DC. Maybe the view is the difference? Based on the OPs criteria, I think this thread is only about views.
I think you are right on this. When I think of an advantage for DC in terms of having an even height limit, it's that a lot of places can have uninterrupted rooftop views of the monuments and other notable buildings. However, DC misses out on the 'in the city' views imo. My parents friend almost talked my parents into moving to Philly when they were ready to downsize. Their friend lives at the Symphony house condos and the view keeps getting better in regards to the 'in the city' view. DC also misses out on the more dramatic urban 'canyon' views down certain avenues or streets.
The view from the Symphony House, what I meant more of being 'in the city':
Walnut Street's 'canyon' of residential buildings:
I think you are right on this. When I think of an advantage for DC in terms of having an even height limit, it's that a lot of places can have uninterrupted rooftop views of the monuments and other notable buildings. However, DC misses out on the 'in the city' views imo. My parents friend almost talked my parents into moving to Philly when they were ready to downsize. Their friend lives at the Symphony house condos and the view keeps getting better in regards to the 'in the city' view. DC also misses out on the more dramatic urban 'canyon' views down certain avenues or streets.
The view from the Symphony House, what I meant more of being 'in the city':
Walnut Street's 'canyon' of residential buildings:
I think you’re right about the rooftop experience in DC versus other cities. I’ve been to many cities and the rooftop pool experience in DC is unlike any other city in the country because of the height limit. You don’t get the shadows from buildings or wind tunnels experienced in other cities. The views are uninterrupted too.
I think you’re right about the rooftop experience in DC versus other cities. I’ve been to many cities and the rooftop pool experience in DC is unlike any other city in the country because of the height limit. You don’t get the shadows from buildings or wind tunnels experienced in other cities. The views are uninterrupted too.
DC has fantastic, absolutely best rooftop experience imho.
Coming from Boston, with virtually no rooftops (we have like 6 now!! lol) .. DC was a shock. Because not only are they are rooftops, some even circumnavigate the whole perimeter of the building open air. The W for example. Sure NYC, Providence, Chicago, etc may have higher rooftops.. but the views are obstructed, windy/unenjoyable or just or plain cold lol. (Shadows like you said)
This is a solid rep, DC gets the best rooftop terrace/bar experience. Theres a lot of them too...
Nope, I made no comment on their spread. I specifically stated that it may be time for an optometrist visit because your post sounded like you didn't see them at all. I made no mention of streets lined with condo towers.
I even mentioned that if you stayed near the mall you wouldn't find any there because they are not in that area.
There's hotel, retail and office around the mall, condos are a few block to the north with a spattering of them to the south
I said that "I didn't see much of it, if going by 15 stories." This means that I saw some, but not a lot. Did you understand me to mean that I didn't see any? That's not the case, just not a lot.
In that same post, I then said that if they are spread out, that might explain why I didn't see very many. We appear to agree that they are spread out, so that they may not stand out to visitors.
What are the differences between living in highrise’s in these cities? Amenities in the building? Rooftop pools? Neighborhoods? How is one highrise different from another? In DC’s case, what is the difference between living in a 15 story highrise compared to the 30-40 story highrises in other cities? I’ve often wondered this when comparing living in Arlington VA versus inside DC. You can live on the 30th floor in Arlington VA, but only the 15th floor in DC. Maybe the view is the difference? Based on the OPs criteria, I think this thread is only about views.
I wouldn't have thought that it needed explaining, but yes people like views. Even in shorter buildings you typically pay more rent for the same floor plan as you go up.
This thread is about which cities allow you to live high up with good views.
DC has fantastic, absolutely best rooftop experience imho.
Coming from Boston, with virtually no rooftops (we have like 6 now!! lol) .. DC was a shock. Because not only are they are rooftops, some even circumnavigate the whole perimeter of the building open air. The W for example. Sure NYC, Providence, Chicago, etc may have higher rooftops.. but the views are obstructed, windy/unenjoyable or just or plain cold lol. (Shadows like you said)
This is a solid rep, DC gets the best rooftop terrace/bar experience. Theres a lot of them too...
I think you are exaggerating this OBSTRUCTED Views from MOST roof-top bars in cities ALL OVER this Nation today. DC has NO monopoly whatsoever today on these. It is not 2010 and they have EXPLODED across the Nation. Just saying.
Nothing like water settings WITH high-rises and SKYSCRAPERS also. Seeing the Washington monument is nice. Just might not match a Chicago river skyline overview and those with views of Lake Michigan and its blue waters. NYC skyline either or a Miami coastal vista to SF and the bay.
Windy, unenjoyable and just plain old cold..... like DC gets no winters indeed. They even do them enclosed igglos now on roof-top bars in winter and some are also inside parts and outside. You could not have been in or at least seen the advertising pictures for so many of these especially hotel roof-top bars and their views.....
Just typing in roof top bars will give you links of plenty of them in cities all over the US for each city.... DC is just one of them. Great ones and ok ones.... just DC has no monopoly of penthouse to die for unobstructed views vs the rest today. Some the bars themselves gets a top billing of best roof-top bars also .... plenty with VIEWS TO DIE FOR especially from Hotels all over this land today. Mid-size cities can do them very well also indeed.
I think you are exaggerating this OBSTRUCTED Views from MOST roof-top bars in cities ALL OVER this Nation today. DC has NO monopoly whatsoever today on these. It is not 2010 and they have EXPLODED across the Nation. Just saying.
Nothing like water settings WITH high-rises and SKYSCRAPERS also. Seeing the Washington monument is nice. Just might not match a Chicago river skyline overview and those with views of Lake Michigan and its blue waters. NYC skyline either or a Miami coastal vista to SF and the bay.
Windy, unenjoyable and just plain old cold..... like DC gets no winters indeed. They even do them enclosed igglos now on roof-top bars in winter and some are also inside parts and outside. You could not have been in or at least seen the advertising pictures for so many of these especially hotel roof-top bars and their views.....
Just typing in roof top bars will give you links of plenty of them in cities all over the US for each city.... DC is just one of them. Great ones and ok ones.... just DC has no monopoly of penthouse to die for unobstructed views vs the rest today. Some the bars themselves gets a top billing of best roof-top bars also .... plenty with VIEWS TO DIE FOR especially from Hotels all over this land today. Mid-size cities can do them very well also indeed.
I respect your opinion and realize we do not align on this matter.
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like DC gets no winters indeed. They even do them enclosed igglos now on roof-top bars in winter and some are also inside parts and outside. You could not have been in or at least seen the advertising pictures for so many of these especially hotel roof-top bars and their views..... 
