How so? Manhattan's bedrock is famously well-suited for skyscrapers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Manhattan_Prong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geol

How so? Manhattan's bedrock is famously well-suited for skyscrapers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Manhattan_Prong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Manhattan_Prong Manhattan also has an inherent economy of scale that Hoboken lacks; Hoboken is barely over 1 square mile of land. Meanwhile the lower-rise neighborhoods of Manhattan have roughly the same population density and building height as Hoboken. So why are you calling out Hoboken? What single-story buildings are you even talking about there, and why are you ignoring the presence of single-story buildings in Manhattan? They're rare but they absolutely do exist -- I just ate lunch in a single-story Manhattan building literally yesterday.