Comparing cities is very tricky because different cities governments cover different things, think Minneapolis and St. Paul or Boston which didn't annex many of

Comparing cities is very tricky because different cities governments cover different things, think Minneapolis and St. Paul or Boston which didn't annex many of it's suburbs compared to cities like Chicago or New York hence why it has such a high building hight, because a real comparison would include Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, Quincy, Newton and other jurisdictions that are part of the core city.