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And 0 in Europe.

• igravious 9y ago
  As a European. Ouch. It's not like there's no economic activity in Europe so I wonder why that is? We don't like verticality?
  • ptaipale 9y ago
    Yes. We don't like verticality. That is actually true in much of Europe. One reason for this comes from geography: Europe is further away from the equator than most other prosperous areas, e.g. US or China. This means that the sun shines diagonally and is particularly low in the winter. And if you build high towers, the neighbours will be deprived of direct sunlight. Due to daylight norms, high buildings don't actually achieve any higher density.
    • maxxxxx 9y ago
      When you look at Frankfurt they mostly achieve a lot of empty sterile space around them.
• orf 9y ago
  Why might that be?
  • Codestare 9y ago
    We don't need them
    • chvid 9y ago
      Because we have little growth and very conservative city planning.
• MikeTheGreat 9y ago
  Really? This one is 1,082 feet tall. I mean long. :) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15847093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15847093 It would be fascinating to see some sort of multidimensional analysis of the different construction types in order to get a feel for the significance of skyscrapers vs. more distributed structures, etc.