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Originally Posted by KevinFromTexas
American cities, and to an extent, Canadian ones, have a certain organizational structure to them that other other big cities just don't have. Ours tend to be neatly defined and confined and rarely sprawl out. One thing I've noticed about foreign cities is they don't think anything about placing high rise districts in multiple locations in the city. I guess it's partly because those cities are older with more historic structures, and so it's harder to build density without knocking down history. So, they build it where ever they can when the opportunity comes.
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???? I've never heard anyone say that US cities rarely sprawl out before.
I'd agree with this for several Canadian cities--Calgary comes to my mind, along with Vancouver.
I do agree that US cities have a unique organizational structure, given their traditionally limited amount of residential development many of our central business districts. But this is definitely changing (Austin is an excellent example given the sheer number of residential high-rises being built downtown).