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"Doesn't have water", meaning that it does not incorporate it's skyline around a body of water/mass of water. Houston does not have a waterfront. A pond in front of the city doesn't count..
"Doesn't have water", meaning that it does not incorporate it's skyline around a body of water/mass of water. Houston does not have a waterfront. A pond in front of the city doesn't count..
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Originally Posted by ThroatGuzzler
"Doesn't have water", meaning that it does not incorporate it's skyline around a body of water/mass of water. Houston does not have a waterfront. A pond in front of the city doesn't count..
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Originally Posted by jluke65780
Would you like to try standing in that pond?
I have to assume that's Buffalo Bayou. Not a pond.
I have to assume that's Buffalo Bayou. Not a pond.
The Buffalo Bayou and the St Lawrence are not in the same league. There's a different thread that discusses waterfronts (and as always, we discussed Houston more than most other cities) to a nauseatingly minute scope. When TG says that Houston doesn't integrate what little water it has into the city scene, his contention is correct. Still, in discussing skylines, there's simply no way that Montreal can compete with Houston's scale. Also, to the city-daters who point to architecture, Montreal's colonial and baroque architecture does not figure into the skyline. On the ground, Montreal appears to be really nice and lovely and other positive attributes, but with the skyline, as is specified in the original question, Houston blows Montreal away. As AK123 pointed out earlier, Houston's downtown features some of the most memorable architecture in not only the nation, but the world. With all the money Houston has, we've been able to attract some of the world's top architects to add quality buildings to the cityscape. If you don't believe it simply because you have a thing against the sunbelt - or worse, a thing against Houston - that's your fault, not my city's fault. In America, the cities that can most closely compete with Montreal are New Orleans and Pittsburgh. Those are fair comparisons, not Houston.
My own view is a mix of architecture, topography,and the water. Houston just has the water.
And Houston has the architecture. My view is Montreal has better topography, but not good enough to help it's skyline, like LA or Seattle. You take away the mountain backdrops from those cties and they loose points, I don't think Montreal has GREAT enough topography to help it's case against Houston.
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