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My guess is also that it has a lot to do with infrastructure. This is probably why US tall buildings are slower than the rest of world. When a new tower requi

by RC_ITR 4y ago

My guess is also that it has a lot to do with infrastructure. This is probably why US tall buildings are slower than the rest of world. When a new tower requires metro station access, complex/new electrical work, etc. the US lags because those things take a lot of civic interaction. Meanwhile, LA's midrise towers have almost no new infrastructure requirements and can just start rising.

scythe 4y ago
US tall buildings are not slower than the rest of the world. That's the biggest surprise in the data, and it persists under different analytical methodologies.
- RC_ITR 4y ago
  > If we look only at the very tallest buildings, China builds much faster than the US. ??