You seem to think 'growing up' only means skyscrapers and not everything else around them. Why do you think American cities uniquely have problems with public t

You seem to think 'growing up' only means skyscrapers and not everything else around them. Why do you think American cities uniquely have problems with public transit, traffic etc compared to their contemporaries? The answer is because again, we designed our cities with urban sprawl and car ownership in mind (see: white flight). I didn't create a false dichotomy, you're attempting to over-simplify city growth into 'builds skyscrapers / doesn't build skyscrapers' when there's a lot more math that goes into the equation. Especially when you start factoring in our cultural demand for parking space and inefficient forms of transit.