Hong Kong vs Tokyo
Vote: http://poal.me/dk3pnc
Battle of Skylines Round 1 Battle 2
>>62129065
Bracket
>>62129065
Tbf, Dubai should have been closer to Moscow. We have a pretty heavy anti-Muslim bias (for good reason most of the time) on /int/.
Also, HK beats Tokyo because Tokyo is simply too spread out.
I'd still live in Tokyo though.
Hong Kong
>>62129244
>Tbf, Dubai should have been closer to Moscow.
Dubai should absolutely rape Moscow these 2 skylines are two complete leagues, it's like I dont know comparing Houston to New York City
>>62129388
>these 2 skylines are two complete leagues
*are 2 different leagues
But well it's a poll, surprises can happen also
>We have a pretty heavy anti-Muslim bias
more like anti-Dubai bias in this case, I'm pretty sure if Dubai was put against even shittier skyline like Warsaw it'd somehow still lose
>Also, HK beats Tokyo because Tokyo is simply too spread out.
not really Tokyo could be as tightly packed and still wouldn't match HK
too low, not many enough, also not really quality skyscrapers
Tokyo
>>62129705
fuck, not Tokyo, still HK
now Tokyo
>>62129705
The hills make up the skyline
>>62129388
t. Butthurt P*le
Although I do like you most of the time. We talk about China and Korea a good amount.
>>62129880
>>62129549
HK is a bloody perfect skyline.
>>62131730
>>62129549
Tokyo got stuck in 1989.
Why are you the worst fucking tripfagon /int/?
>>62131018
And that is a great skyscraper
>>62129549
>not really Tokyo could be as tightly packed and still wouldn't match HK
I wouldn't be so sure, as Tokyo is pretty damn big all in all. Especially adding Yokohama and the other Greater Tokyo Area cities into the equation.
Granted it would still be lacking in supertalls, but hey.
>>62131997
Fuck off Arabier
>>62132227
Tokyo is large but it still has like 2x less skyscrapers in total.
>>62134637
That depends on whether you trust Emporis or Skyscraperpage more, though neither really have very accurate or up to date numbers. I still think Hong Kong has more high-rises overall, but stacking up everything in the GT Area would likely come up with a nice number regardless.
>>62135445
>I still think Hong Kong has more high-rises overall
well ite certainly has more skyscrapers
It'll be hard to make the poll reach 50 votes I guess..
Hong Kong hands down
>6 votes
>>62131730
Yokohama not really Tokyo proper
>>62140217
I think HK is objectively "better", and at nighttime its near-perfect but I feel like these shots really bring it down for me, it doesn't look right at all. Tokyo is much more organic and pleasing to the eye for sprawling shots during the day..
>>62140481
Neither is Makati Manilla proper or La Defense is Paris proper. Still they are generally regarded as the skylines of their metropolies.
>>62129065
Hong Kong skyline and architecture is better but Tokyo's actual urban engineering is the best in the planet.
>>62140608
>but I feel like these shots really bring it down for me, it doesn't look right at all.
What's wrong about them?
Tokyo
>>62140827
Elaborate on that I'm just curious.
>>62140871
More Tokyo
>>62140957
Even more Tokyo
>>62140912
Admittedly I'm not that knowledgeable about HK but Tokyo is fucking impressive. The city proper is massive and the logistics are top tier. The fact that you can live in Chiba and go anywhere in Tokyo reasonably within the same day is great. Also the bridge on tokyo bay. My Dad, civil engineer said it was one of the most impressive things he had seen.
>>62141037
I'll just keep dumping
>>62141166
>>62141227
>>62141325
>>62140839
It's literally the same building pasted 50 times. They're commieblocks but taller
>>62141433
>>62141528
>>62141613
>>62140839
Well the buildings aren't very good looking and it looks they are copy pasted. As the finn said they look like commie blocks. Its a bit like how Shanghai has a "good skyline" but looks like shit from most angles.
I prefer the more dense and uniform NYC style which is just cool generally, or the Tokyo low natural looking spread with big clusters for actual cities.
I'm not denying that HK doesn't shape up at night though.
>>62140217
MAKES YOU THINK
>>62141691
>>62141433
In how many places has that building with the curvy base been used
>>62141812
>>62141904
>>62141841
Probably a decent number
it was a very faddish thing for a while. I think dubai has one too
>>62140827
Tokyo is full of brutalist architecture and flat faced square buildings.
>>62141516
Uhhh no
Nice shitpost though
>>62142226
They are though. In that particular picture they're all apartment buildings with no particular architectural ambition. On top of that they're all the same height. Stretch out a commieblock and you get a Hong Kong apartment tower
>>62141763
>Well the buildings aren't very good looking and it looks they are copy pasted
>copy pasted
What the fuck?
>Its a bit like how Shanghai has a "good skyline" but looks like shit from most angles.
confusedanimegirl.jpg
>>62142012
>>62142353
What?
That's residential HK. One small part of HK.
And no. They are all different shapes ans sizes, but they look similar because of their balconies. They were built in the 70's to house 3 million people.
Tokyo has hundreds of unironic 15 story copy-paste commie blocks. We just don't post pictures of them.
>>62142734
Throwing in some Yokohama as well.
>>62142632
How does this not look copy pasted to you
>>62142877
Guess that really covers it
>>62142888
But look at the DENSITY
HK has so many more buildings that only a crazy person would vote for tokyo!
>you will never live in a capsule in tokyo
;_;
>>62140957
>>62141037
actually i dont have a lot of tokyo's skyline pics good you are posting
>>62141763
>As the finn said they look like commie blocks.
they don't look like commieblocks they are commieblocks
>>62141763
>I prefer the more dense and uniform NYC style which is just cool generally
I seriously never understood this fascination about NYC and actually all the American cities. I've seen their skylines gorillion times since childhood(movies, tv series, news) so they are completely boring to me.
>>62141841
One is being built in Milano, the architect is libeskind if i'm not mistaken
>>62143334
>I seriously never understood this fascination about NYC and actually all the American cities.
don't worry, NYC has a bunch of supertalls going up for you to get a boner over
>>62141841
Quite a few. Seoul has one as well, which like the Japanese one, was inspired by this one >>62142082
>>62142869
>We just don't post pictures of them.
You are free to do so.
>>62143710
no new supertall in NYC is even decent as for me
>pencilscrapers
>>62143081
hope you are memeing this time
HK is considered a classic skyline among with NYC and Chicago since early 90's.
Meanwhile Tokyo has 3 notable skyscrapers and 2 structures
>>62143334
NYC has tonnes of tall skyscrapers and they look good because they are dense. Hongkong hasn't done this so a wide shot of the city especially in the day reveals the more ugly side of it.
>>62143559
>>62143231
The future is glorious.
>>62144009
>no new supertall in NYC is even decent as for me
Yeah, I'm sure
If this shit was in china or dubai you'd go apeshit for it
>>62144617
thicc
>>62144928
That's awesome
>>62145082
And the cladding is amazing
terracotta and bronze
>>62144928
bullshit
I like tacky stuff but not AS tacky, it looks ridiculous
I prefer massive or tapering skyscrapers
and actually a lot of people shit on the new projects in NYC, in /urban/ aswell
>>62145204
Really like it. Care to tell me who's behind the project?
>>62145300
SHoP architects
who are also doing this ~1068 footer in brooklyn
>>62145560
Noice, kinda reminds me of Piano's Work.
Rate my city's skyline
>>62145936
wew nice resolution senpai
anyway Milan's skyline is classy, the towers look sleek, modern and interesting but definitely wouldn't rank it as one of the top skylines in Europe
it's nice though and it keeps growing
>>62145560
I love NYC but this looks like ass, why the hell is it so thin?
>>62144009
>HK is considered a classic skyline among with NYC and Chicago since early 90's.
By you? HK's skyscrapers are all fairly new.
>>62146353
maybe the angle?
its aspect ratio isnt the thin
>>62146353
Gotta agree there. Not sure why the NYC burgers are so obsessed with these toothpick skyscrapers. They are too thin to really add anything to the skyline, and just take attention away from the buildings that actually look nice.
>>62146314
Yeah, we are currently waiting for Pelli to reveal the design of the new skyscraper in that area. Also waiting for a couple more to be completed (pic related is the newest one, clad with wood and glass)
>>62146578
>Not sure why the NYC burgers are so obsessed with these toothpick skyscrapers.
they just love them because they are built in theirs city desu
![27404422135_583e9fe56f_h[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/pGkoyo6.jpg "27404422135_583e9fe56f_h[1].jpg")
>>62146928
just like a lot Poles will say pic related is a top tier European skyline
>>62146928
>nyc has skyhigh real estate prices
>it means building a 1500ft skinny tower is economically viable
>tons of them start going up in nyc
No other city, except perhaps london, could actually build towers like this and make money.
Also
>not wanting tons of skinny spires piercing the sky
plebs
>>62147028
The commie building is the only good part desu.
>>62147028
Was in Warsaw last week, i honestly did like the skyline
>>62147172
I dont know why people keep saying that dirty commie palace is any good
>>62147370
Because it is a relatively unique style, especially for europe
>>62147370
Because it has that distinctive gothic / deco feel while the rest is just generic glass and steel shit.
>>62147506
disgusting style
>>62147756
no it's generic commie shit
stop shilling for communism fucking russian diaspora
>>62148698
It's a really nice building, though. Why are you so butthurt about it?
>>62148698
My ancestors have been killing communists for a living nigger so you're barking at the wrong tree. But Stalinist architecture was objectively nice before all that shit tanked in the 60s and they went with those generic grey prefab.
>>62146578
>>62146353
Take a look at some of the early 'skyscrapers', of course they're dwarfed by the newer ones now but they were very thin too. Of course that was because it was the best way to make sure that the interiors get enough light. And they also don't block the sunlight from the streets either
Another factor is that the land is just really expensive so the plots are small too
>>62149176
And I think they can still add to the skyline even if they're thin
>>62148870
t. commie
>>62147370
Because it actually looks nice. I get why Polish people wouldn't like it because of what it symbolizes but visually it's a nice looking building
>>62149440
what's so nice about it
I see all the time maybe that's because I fail to notice this "beauty"
>>62149370
there is a place for thin skyscraper but come on, making them heavily dominant while there is no single project truly suitable for a "dominant landmark tower" in order to properly reshape the skyline?
it's just spamming tall needles and a desperate attempt to atleast nominally(muh height!) catch up to the recent Asian developement
>>62149653
>>62149434
>>62148698
>anyone appreciating commie architecture must be a commie himself
I thought the whole Polish asspain thing was an overblown meme but at last I truly see
>>62149653
>it's just spamming tall needles and a desperate attempt to atleast nominally(muh height!) catch up to the recent Asian developement
They can make money on it so they build them, that's really it. They won't stand out too much once there starts being more of them. Hong Kong is full of thin needle highrises too
As for the Stalin tower, it has nice decor, nice materials and so on. I'm not religious but I still think church towers look nice
>>62149825
go back to the motherland vasily
>>62149906
>They won't stand out too much once there starts being more of them.
How come they won't "stand out" if there will be like dozens tall needles, they will reshape the skyline becoming the dominant part of it
>Hong Kong is full of thin needle highrises too
there is really a big difference between tacky towers of HK and Dubai and literal needles in NYC
>>62150096
>go back to the motherland vasily
So you're just going to shitpost like the standard tripcuck or do you actually have an argument for why that building is bad other than communism?
>>62150096
>How come they won't "stand out" if there will be like dozens tall needles
Well, I mean, when there's like one or two of them they stand out compared to the surroundings. But when there's lots of them they're just one among many. I don't know what's wrong with reshaping the skyline, it's happened over and over in that city. It's not static
![z15358304V,Stolica-czeka-na-odbudowe--ale-Palac-Kultury-juz-s[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ApjjQPI.jpg "z15358304V,Stolica-czeka-na-odbudowe--ale-Palac-Kultury-juz-s[1].jpg")
>>62150173
yes is dirty and no one will wash it
it doesnt fit with the new blue glass skyscrapers
they should demolish it and build new skyscrapers in place of it
>>62150267
reshaping the skyline is not a bad thing, it's generally a good thing but the way it happens is bad
>>62150400
But the new skyscrapers look generic as hell, every American city has a shitload of those.
>>62150466
zamknij morde, jebana hujsario, pogódź sie że jestes podludziem
>>62150466
If shanghai/hk/dubai started putting up a bunch of needles you'd be creaming yourself over it
But because its nyc and not some chink city you hate it.
>it's just spamming tall needles
which is pretty rich coming from a guy who just yesterday made a giant list explaining how to grade skylines that came down to little more then height and density.
>>62150466
Well, it happens. I think it looked much better before the 60s and all the phat office boxes. I think the new thin ones are an improvement
>>62142888
One small part of the city with at least 12 different versions of apartments is not equal to "copy-paste Hong Kong".
>>62150629
>finn
>taking a position about architecture
>>62143710
NYC's upcoming pencil buildings are just fugly.
>>62150753
I never said it was, I though we were talking about that specific area in that one picture. But honestly a lot of the areas are like that, on the Kowloon side too
>>62144928
What the fuck is that?!?
Who thought up that building?
>>62150819
We have the best yurts
>>62149825
It's not. Poles are asspained as fuck when it comes to Russia or their recent history.
But Korea-pole is okay.
>>62149906
>once there starts being more of them.
When the next recession hits in a couple years, they will stop building them for a long time.
>>62146353
thick skyscrapers dont really make sense in developed countries. we don't need any more office space.
>>62151171
It's not like skyscrapers have any practical purpose to begin with, it's just eye candy.
>>62150476
>But the new skyscrapers look generic as hell, every American city has a shitload of those.
Well American skyscrapers are generic as fuck but well America doesn't have any culture in the first place to derive from. And yeah in general most of skyscrapers all around the world are generic, as their main purpose is purely economical. But there are some beautiful iconic examples of high rise architecture deeply rooted in native cultures like Asian pagoda skyscrapers(Jin Mao Tower, Petronas Towers, Taipei 101, Xinhua International Building) or HK's "bamboo-like", feng shui Bank of China tower.
>>62150599
>But because its nyc and not some chink city you hate it.
Abloobloobloblo. No, it's not about China, the US or the Middle East. If you would be browsing /urban/ more you would know I openly criticize the entire CBD planning of Mainland China, shit on Shenzhen and I'm disgusted by cheap failure called Ping An Center.
But you just came here for the battles, see that I dare to not glorify your precious NYC and do not agree to view non-white cities as completely trashy and worthless and you presume that I'm some delusional anti-american chinkboo who will blindly hate on everything American and swallow up everythin Chinks will raise.
>>62150599
No he wouldn't. Go fuck yourself.
Chinese skyscrapers have been great. They've earned their reputation for awesome.
The fucking toothpick supertall in NYC just ruins the central Park view.
And currently it'll be just it and another toothpick three blocks over. The other supertalls are further away.
>>62151207
not really. in new york and hong kong, there's nowhere to build but upwards.
>>62151207
They maximize the square footage on the land
>>62151076
no you don't but we are some truly nice shithole
take there lad
>>62151207
>any practical purpose
Not true - they're essential for densely populated areas.
>>62151310
*care
>>62151310
Don't be so mean
>>62151248
In NYC there are places to build, it's just thanks to zoning laws the land is so ungodly fucking expensive it makes more sense to build more skyscrapers.
Look at Phoenix if you want to see how to build wide instead of building tall. 4.5 million people and their skyline is about as impressive as Toledo.
>>62151171
Well, it doesn't need to be THICC either. Both anorexic and fat skyscrapers are terribad imo.
Keep it proportionate to height or it will look off. It's like that with a lot of things, humans included.
WTF i hate china now.
>>62151386
Any example of a fat skyscraper?
Also I agree with the Finn, HK's skyline just looks like a bunch of taller commieblocks. Brazilian cities look the exact same and Miami does too, to a degree.
>>62151230
>well America doesn't have any culture in the first place to derive from.
I mean yes it has European cultural core on which art deco was actually heavily based on but once you've became a superpower it's obvious that such derivations aren't necessarily preferrable and you would rather want to design things "on your own"
>>62151387
>now
Go ahead and start a war with China. Surely getting nuked again will fix your recession economy and declining population.
That is what "I'm totally not changing the constitution" Abe wants.
>>62151230
>America doesn't have any culture in the first place
When will this meme die?
>>62129388
for my opinion in this pic Moscow looks better
>>62151386
this, fat skyscrapers are cancer aswell just look at Tokyo : ^ ) >>62151439
pic rel
>>62151370
psssst
why dont we arrange polish-finnish comonwealth and annex balitcs?
you could keep them but then we should recapture some czechs and slovakians together
>>62151439
>HK's skyline just looks like a bunch of taller commieblocks.
What? Where? The vast majority of HK's skyline is not commieblock.
As a proportion of the buildings, NYC has about as many commieblocks. Same for Tokyo.
You guys just don't post the pictures of them because they are not in the CBD.
>>62151543
look this >>62151487
>>62151544
in this picture Dubai has like 8 Moscows but whatever
>>62151524
so?
nothing is going to come close to the literal cyberpunk haven that is HK
>>62151645
>>62151600
Actually yes, vast majority of their skyline are fucking commieblocks. Look here, everything not on the waterfront is fucking copypasted.
>>62151619
So fuck off back to your shithole called 2ch instead of posting a meaningless shitpost in our thread.
>>62151596
>why dont we arrange polish-finnish comonwealth and annex balitcs?
this fucking annex Lithuania already this country is literally pointless
Wilno is a traditionally, culturally, historically, architecturally Polish city give it back.
>The vast majority of HK's skyline is not commieblock
The vast majority of HK's skyline are actually commieblocks.
And?
I like them. They look completely different from these in Eastern Europe.
>>62151693
HAHAHAHAHAHA(#･∀･)(#･∀･)(#･∀･)
What the hell are you talking about.
>>62151679
Uhh what?
One small portion of the city meant for residents.
This entire picture (CBD) contains ZERO commieblocks>>62129549
>>62151679
honestly all of the residental blocks in the world are "copypasted"
commieblocks of HK are ebin
they look like some animu mechas that are ready to transform : ^ )
Eastern Euro commies are just gray concrete cancer
>>62151694
How are those commieblocks? The vast majority are unique residential buildings of various shapes and sizes.
Commieblocks are these>>62140217
Not the CBD
>>62151600
Here's a shot of the Kowloon side. I think the buildings that are next to the water have more design to them but seems like most of towers behind those look pretty samey
>>62151792
What did this post>>62151387
contribute to the thread other than your butthurt?
>>62151859
ok they aren't then
what about this
>>62151796
I see a shitload of them.
>meant for residents
I'm talking about the visual design, not necessarily its purpose. They look like commieblocks, generic, copypasted and ugly as fuck.
>>62151897
You’re blushing.ლ(´ڡ`ლ)ლ(´ڡ`ლ)ლ(´ڡ`ლ)
>>62151439
Unfortunately Tokyo has a lot of THICC skyscrapers, and they just keep coming. Look at this piece of shit proposed in pic related, like this beast is 240m and doesn't even look it. You can also see a nice colossal square here >>62140871 to the middle right dominating the area.
>>62151577
Marunouchi is a perfect collection of THICC, though I don't think it's that bad when they're contained en masse like this. It's just bad when they are forced into an area of otherwise sleek talls. Same goes for pencilscrapers.
>>62151969
Actually I'm curious
Explain how do you regard these ugly and repetetive and don't hate on gorillion of literal boxes cladde with flat glass(which are visible even on that pic but I'm mostly talkinga bout these found in great numbers in American cities)? How are they better than HK's commieblock #123132451
>>62152026
They have a pretty good reason for it with the earthquakes and all. Have to withstand that
>>62151877
In my opinion, Kowloon isn't part of HK'a skyline. I look at only the CBD and other clusters like in OP>>62129065
It's subjective what we define as part of the skyline.
>>62151927
Yes. Is that part of the HK skyline?
I can add in Brooklyn's shitscrapers if you want to drop NYC by a factor of ten. But no. We only consider Manhattan CBD.
>>62151969
Commieblock = copy-pasted buildings.
Those for the most part are different shape, size, and design.
These are commie blocks>>62151927
>>62152059
I don't see American buildings being that repetitive honestly. After reading a single wiki article I can recognize most of them, while with HK it's literally the same pasted shit.
>>62152101
MUH COMMIEBLOCKS OMG
ANYTHING CHINESE IS COMMIEBLOCK HURRRRRDURR
>>62152101
This looks fucking horrible and 3rd world, Jesus. Way prettier when it's lit up.
>>62152174
You're literally ignorant then.
Every single CBD HK skyscraper is a unique design. I study them in architecture.
The ACTUAL commieblocks are outside the CBD. They were put up 1950-1980 to house people. They are in this picture>>62151927
>>62152261
And somehow NYC is better? It looks like it got stuck in 1970.
>>62152026
This untreated leftover tumor from the 60's in front here also really bugs me, and I wish they'd tear it already. It blocks a lot of good shots of the area from an in-city perspective.
>>62152122
Nah, most of Tokyo's skyscrapers are fairly slender. It's just a combination of height restrictions and jew plot developers trying to maximize profit by taking up 10 football fields of land and getting away with it.
>>62152433
>>62152325
>>62152223
Jackie Chan stop getting triggered
>>62152477
That building looks straight outta DeathNote.
Dreary, grey, brutalist, 1970's feel, 1960's look.
>>62152522
>ad hominem
A commieblock = copy-pasted buildings
Not buildings with different designs, heights, widths, shapes, and colors.
These are not commieblocks>>62151969
These are commieblocks>>62151927
>>62152174
>don't see American buildings being that repetitive honestly
do you recognize these
>>62152174
>while with HK it's literally the same pasted shit.
what about HK's iconic landmark towers: Bank of China, 2IFC, ICC, Central Plaza, The Center
are they copypasted aswell?
Lovely HK
>>62152646
I don't think those are skyscrapers.
I voted for HK but I want to post some pics of Tokyo
>>62141841
There are two of these in New York, almost identical. Same architect. I like them, I had a job interview near the top of one of them which was cool.
>>62152754
...
>>62145560
My girlfriend's mom is really mad about this, it's going to block her apartment view of the Brooklyn Bridge and lower Manhattan. Her building is the two tiered apartment on th every left border of the image.
>>62152945
Do it. I personally would prefer to live in Tokyo, although I favor HK's skyline.
>Not only favelas
>>62152945
I don't know how to feel about the finished product of that building in front there. The cladding isn't quite what I thought it would be going from the render. I wish they'd remove the antenna on top too, as it literally looks like a crane.
>>62153070
>>62152945
Much better than HK actually, no idea why. Probably the lack of commieblocks.
>>62147151
They're running out of money. One57 (Personally I believe it to be the ugliest building in the city ) is like, 1/4 sold and sales have been open for two years now I think. There are only so many people who can afford $10,000,000+ apartments, and they have a wealth of options now. Construction on the big pencil dick 111 West 57th is being halted iirc because the market for the places slowed down so much and they ran out of money
>>62153142
The antenna is for TV Tokyo so they won't remove it I think
>>62153070
Toranomon Hills is a pretty nice tower. I like the gritty futuristic aesthetic of it.
>>62153333
Checked.
>>62153005
my exact reaction to his post desu
>200+ replies
>42 votes
>>62153131
Reminds me of a HK/Tokyo rapebaby.
Like Buenos Aires.
>>62153145
>lack of commieblocks
>Tokyo
>>62153666
>Reminds me of a HK/Tokyo rapebaby.
one of the most accurate describtions of Brazilian skylines I've ever seen
>>62153711
*descriptions
>>62153381
GIANT FUCKING LIGHTPOLE
Why did they remove the original glass scaffolding design around it again?
>>62153462
Umeda Sky is a pretty popular tower with normies, but I never really got the hype. I guess the engineering itself is the star here, rather than the design.
>>62153711
They need a few more skyscrapers on the other side of the river. That would really complete HK IMO.
Also, maybe color the Kowloon commieblocks something other than grey white.
>>62153704
Those sneaky Japs must be pretty good at hiding them, as I can't really see them.
>>62153818
colorful enough
>>62153903
I meant Kowloon's buildings.
Your pic aren't commieblocks IMO.
>>62153792
Naw I like the design
>>62153900
You are blind then.
Tokyo's CBD doesn't have them, but all the outskirts of the city are full of them.
We've argued about this before.
>>62154269
They're just standard apartment blocks. There is a distinction here but I can't really describe it
>>62154326
but that doesn't really make much sense
you people really need to decide what actually do you call "commieblocks"
I only call the Eastern European ones like that, because i think it doesn't make much sense to call high quality (compared to these commies here) apartment blocks in HK/SK "commieblocks"
>>62154269
>but all the outskirts of the city are full of them.
I think you're full of shit and widely overexaggerating. I have never seen any sustancial proof of the city being "full of them" aside from your empty claims. There are some danchi areas left out there like pic related with five and up to fourteen story """towers""", but they are pretty inoffensive and barely noticeable compared to the behemoths you'll find in other cities around the globe.
>>62154840
>not liking ebin behemots
>>62154840
The most horrible example of true Japanese honest to God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit commies I can even find is this http://www.gettyimages.no/detail/video/danchi-tokyo-aerial-shots-stock-video-footage/506698959, and as ugly as it is, there's worse shit in Oslo. There's worse in fucking Greenland.
>>62154968
I actually quite like ginormous HK commies, not gonna lie. Just saying that Tokyo is lacking in these babies.
>>62155063
Wrong image, though I guess that there kind of counts as a mutant commie.
>>62154726
I don't see that much difference in quality, the other ones are just taller. They still have that bare concrete element look to them. Not all of them of course
This needs mountains
>>62155354
kek forgot pic
>>62152646
To be fair, I could see some differences in the buildings and in any case they are not intended to be the highlights of the Chicago skyline.
Reporting in with the skyline of the second most isolated capital city in the world, in which I live an hour away from
Lonely, so lonely
>>62157686
Not too shabby, especially for a city of around 2 million.
>tfw your "city" will never have skyscrapers, let alone supertalls
Small city life is suffering.
Unless there's a giant nickel boom in the near future (muh mining "city"), the skyline won't change much by the time I die.
>>62158021
>>62158153
Around 30 mins+ away from the city it just turns to complete suburbia. Two hours south there's another 'city' and then five hours south there's another. Then pretty much the same situation north of the city as well. East there's fuck all, and west is of course the Indian Ocean.
And then the rest of the state is literally empty (and it's the biggest state in Australia). Weird to think about when the majority of the rest of the world has cities/towns scattered all over the place with somewhat rich histories.
And then there's Australia, aboriginals playing with sticks until the white man came along and slaughtered them and set up a few colonies around the place. Weird living in a place with little to no history past 300 years ago.
(Here's a better picture I found, all these buildings are funded by the rich resources which our state's/country's economy is based on; and slowly depleting... woooo)
>>62158153
Eh, still looks pretty cozy as a town.
I want to live in NYC. I went there recently and all those buildings are amazing.
>>62158153
I know that feel.
>mfw neo-Hong Kong
>>62158228
I just found out that the Shire of Yilgarn, a mere 400 km/250 miles from Perth, has a population density of 0.06 people/km^2, or 0.14 people/sq mi. Even Alaska has 1.3 people/sq mi., and the least densely populated part of that has 0.26 people/sq mi or 0.10 people/km^2. That is fascinating.
>>62158372
Wrong side of the country Lo Pan. Toronto is for mainlanders.
>>62158417
Yeah, I've noticed that most foreigner people seem to know about Sydney, Melbourne and rarely Hobart. Which are cities along the Eastern side of the country and Hobart is a city on that little island off the South-East (Tasmania). These cities tend to be much bigger, the heart of Australia's business and whatnot, and therefore have much higher population densities.
Everyone pays no attention to WA, NT and SA; which makes up from left to right, about two-thirds of the whole country.
To be fair NT is pretty much swamps, crocodiles and a bunch of aboriginals. SA is a smaller version of WA. And WA is pretty much one big city where most of the residents work fly-in-fly-out work on mine sites/oil rigs; hence making it the richest and most populated of the three mentioned states.
Fun fact: That little island I was talking about (Tasmania) is about half the size of England yet only has a population of ~600 000. England of course is then roughly double the size of Tasmania but has a population of roughly 53 million people. Just puts our lack of population density into perspective.
>>62158615
I always knew that the middle of Australia was barren, but I thought it was more like the American West, with sizeable towns but nothing like NYC or Chicago. I didn't realize how empty and Aborginally-owned it was.
>>62129065
HK 2bh m8. I've been to both and I liked HK more
>>62158749
Well, it's leading by around 10 votes right now, so you have that going for you.
>>62158655
Yeah, the most size-able populations in the, left to right, two-thirds of the country would be in Perth, Adelaide and Darwin. Perth lies on the coast of the East side of the country, Adelaide lies on the coast of the middle-South of the country and Darwin lies on the coast of the middle-North of the country.
Everywhere significantly inland from any of those cities is largely just empty. Biggest place would be Alice Springs which is a town that holds about 26 000 people pretty much smack-bang in the middle of the country. Besides that there's a few mining towns or just weird little towns everywhere but they'd be hundreds, if not thousands of km away from one another.
Really, really weird geography; especially when compared to the US. The USA is about 15% bigger than Australia yet has a population of like 350 million people; where as the whole of Australia is home to about 27 million people.
So for a rough 15% land size increase compared to Australia you get roughly a 1300% (13x) population increase. Not to mention we live on a fucking isolated island, separated from the rest of the world. So ordering stuff online (which typically comes from America, Asia or Europe) cost an arm and a leg in shipping costs. And travelling costs a huge amount simply because of the distance between us and the rest of the world.
And as if all of that isn't bad enough. We don't even get the luxury of having good internet to shit post all day with. Average connection would probably be around 250KB/s around here. A surveyor was at the bottom of my street marking shit for NBN so fingers crossed I'll get it sometime in the next three years.
(NBN = National Broadband Connection = our governments poor attempt at trying to get our internet from 3rd world to 1st world standards by upgrading some of the copper to fibre; but that's a whole other retarded, shit show of a story)
>>62159091
National Broadband Network*
