Skylines Rankings, World & U.S.
Skylines can be ranked in many ways. Beauty, number of buildings above a certain height, etc, number of super talls, etc.
In the U.S. I would rank the top 15 (based on numbers & height, not beauty necessarily): 1. NYC 2. Chicago 3-6. Houston, L.A., S.F, Miami tied 7. Dallas 8. Philadelphia 9. Atlanta 10. Seattle 11. Boston 12. Minneapolis 13. Las Vegas 14. Pittsburgh 15. Denver In the world, of course Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Tokyo, London, Moscow, Kuala Lampor, Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto etc. would be in the rankings. Did I leave any off the list? Love to see other opinions, including beauty ranks. Beautiful & tall are not the same. Vancouver and San Diego, for example, are beautiful skylines but are not all that tall. |
My top 10 for U.S.: (For beauty)
1) NYC 2) San Francisco 3) Chicago 4) Seattle 5) Miami 6) Boston 7) Philadelphia 8) Dallas 9) Honolulu 10) Los Angeles My top 10 for Asia: (For beauty) 1) Shanghai 2) Hong Kong 3) Shenzhen 4) Tokyo 5) Chongqing 6) Singapore 7) Doha 8) Beijing 9) Tehran (I actually think it looks cool, with the mountains). 10) Sheyang These are all IMO, and are not to be taken as fact. I'm a big fan of Asian cities. Chongqing and Shenzhen. :slob: |
Finally, a skyline ranking thread!
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I would eliminate Pittsburgh and Las Vegas and replace with San Diego and Charlotte somewhere on the list. I'd also move Boston up to a top 6 spot and knock Atlanta below Seattle. |
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Everywhere Else
Shanghai would probably be my overall #1. |
For North America , I'm also a sucker for pre war (Art Decco). Anything you may see King Kong climb up circa 1936.
North America NYC Chicago Toronto Montreal (eclectic factor) San Francisco Philadelphia Detroit Houston Calgary (Points for a great skyline for being a fairly small metro) The Rest Shanghai Hong Kong Tokyo Sao Paulo Sydney Dubai |
How do people leave Seattle out of these lists!?
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Wow, this thread brings me back to 2003, when the majority of my forum experience revolved around me making completely random lists ranking cities on completely random criteria and posting them confidently as if people actually gave a shit what my thoughts were on the subject.
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USA only:
1. Skyline Drive, VA 2. Skyline Caverns, VA 3. Skyline Mountain Resort, UT 4. Skyline Trail, WA 5. Skyline Tavern, OR 6. Skyline Construction, CA 7. Capitol Skyline Hotel, DC 8. Skyline Lanes, MN 9. Skyline Park, GA 10. Skyline Chili, OH |
My Global Top 20
01. New York 02. Shanghai 03. Hong Kong 04. Chicago 05. Guangzhou 06. Toronto 07. Dubai 08. Kuala Lumpur 09. Shenzhen 10. Chongqing 11. Tokyo 12. Melbourne 13. Beijing 14. Singapore 15. Panama City 16. Bangkok 17. Tianjin 18. Manila 19. Moscow 20. Jakarta |
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Oh look what we have here. You must be the fun guy at a party. Apparently you gave a shit by writing this silly post to a thread you don't give a shit about. Go away, please. |
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Other notable skylines in U.S. just below the top 15: Charlotte, Cleveland, Cincinatti, Columbus, Detroit, Nashville, Tampa, Kansas City, San Diego (ranks high in beauty but height is restricted to 500'), Portland, Indianapolis, St. Louis, New Orleans. |
An objective skyline ranking sytem?
How about these?
Method 1: Add the total height of buildings over 100 meters in a city would be one way. Method 2: I think a better way imho is to give progressively more weight to buildings over certain heights. For example, assign a rank of 1 for buildings between 100-200 meters, a rank of 5 for 200-300 meters, a rank of 10 for 300-400 meters, a rank of 15 for those between 400-500 meters, and a 20 for those over 500 meters. Add numbers of buildings of each rank in the city. Voila! The second method favors cities with more supertalls, but a city with large numbers of lower buildings under 300 meters (like Miami, for example) could also rank highly. Anybody have a more objective system? |
Cool list guys, however I don't think I saw Austin mentioned and Oklahoma City-for smaller cities there's Des Moines, Omaha and Tulsa. Heck if Sacramento would get its act together it could make the list as well.
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I judge based solely on the visual beauty regardless of height or quantity. Is that allowed? You like height and quantity. I do too, but not at the expense of overall beauty. I love LA's skyline for no other reason than it looks really cool. Buildings are distinct and have space between each other, putting each one on display in all their glory. Same thing with London and Montreal. Calgary, while it has size, looks boring. The city around it is dull too. I'd rather look at Quebec City or Hamilton. |
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Or we could all just have our own opinion with no basis other than we like it. Sounds a lot more fun than just a copy paste list of the biggest and baddest. |
1. Lake Charles, LA
2. Waco, TX 3. South Bend, IN 4. Bartlesville, OK 5. New York City, NY |
Ranked by a composite of beauty, height, and density, of cities I have been to:
North America 1) San Francisco 2) New York City 3) Chicago 4) Seattle 5) Vancouver 6) Miami 7) Philadelphia 8) Boston 9) San Diego 10) Los Angeles Asia 1) Hong Kong 2) Singapore 3) Tokyo 4) Taipei 5) Seoul |
Top 15 World
1. Hong Kong China 2. New York USA 3. Shanghai China 4. Chicago USA 5. Guangzhou China 6. Shenzhen China 7. Tokyo Japan 8. Bangkok Thailand 9. Toronto Canada 10. Chongqing China 11. Tianjin China 12. Manila Philippines 13. Dalian China 14. Nanjing China 15. Singapore Singapore Top 30 USA and Canada 1. New York 2. Chicago 3. Toronto 4. Houston 5. Los Angeles 6. Philadelphia 7. Vancouver 8. San Francisco 9. Miami 10. Seattle 11. Minneapolis 12. Calgary 13. Dallas 14. Montreal 15. Boston 16. Pittsburgh 17. Atlanta 18. Denver 19. Detroit 20. Charlotte 21. Kansas City 22. Edmonton 23. Cincinnati 24. San Diego 25. Las Vegas 26. Cleveland 27. Austin 28. Baltimore 29. Tampa 30. St. Louis |
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