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Originally Posted by isaidso
And that's why I'll likely never live in Vancouver. I want to live in a big bustling city that celebrates the built form, not one that prioritizes views of nature. If my priority is to stare at mountains, I'd move to Whistler. If Vancouver was busy, dense, tall, noisy, and energetic like Hong Kong I'd be tempted to move there one day. Btw, 600 ft isn't all that tall these days; try 1200 ft.  |
You would actually dislike the majority of Japanese cities then. The vast majority of towers here are between 15 and 25 stories.
For its population (2.5 million) Vancouver would actually be an extremely tall city in Japan, and many European cities, and in fact many cities throughout the world.
Even in Tokyo, arguably the world's largest urban centre, the tallest towers (excluding the two observation towers) are only around 250 meters. And that is a city of 35 million people.
For equal comparison, the Metro area of Sapporo Japan is 2.3 million, the tallest tower is around 173 meters, quickly after that tower height falls to around 1oo meters as there are indeed only 8 towers above 30 floors.
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. The only other major street with a large office presence on it in Calgary is Macleod Trail. Unfortunately it hasn't been urbanized yet. However, if you're using across the water as part of the distinction, I guess our closest would be Kensington Road or Tenth Street. Calgary is a very centralized city, so we likely will never have an absolute equivalent to Broadway. However, the potential for Elbow Drive is quite promising to be an urban street connecting into the suburban south, along the Elbow River.
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