Marcanadian
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That's pretty funny. Anyone who has been to Toronto in the last 10 years would understand why we're first.
Check out this thread:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=194336
Some of the posts, specifically from some americans, are LOL funny. Complete denial.
--not really the leader, what about Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore,Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Chongqing, New York, ...TORONTO| The Worldwide Highrise and Skyscraper Construction Leader!!
Actually, Toronto does, in fact have the second largest number of high-rises in it's metro area after New York and has for quite some time.
--not really the leader, what about Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore,Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Nanjing, Chongqing, New York, ...
--but still TO is doing very well
>> as you said, they are building more than most! The following list seems to agree (I'm a bit surprised actually):
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/
I don't know who's collecting stats on that site but that's totally incorrect. I can't believe Hong Kong has so few highrises. There are thousands of high rises, not just a few hundred. Even if you look at population vs highrises, it doesn't make sense.
I have been to Shanghai and Hong Kong. There is NO way these two cities have fewer highrises than Toronto. Completely impossible. The underestimation in Asian cities is shocking in this list. Shanghai's population is 23M, not 13M, and almost every single person lives in apartments as there is no such things as single family house outside the countryside. If you have ever driven on Shanghai's highways, you won't be surprised to know it has twice the highrises of Toronto.
Additionally, 1188 buildings and 1183 highrises, so there are 5 buildings shorter than 12 stories in the entire Shanghai? I myself have seen more than 500 5 story apartments with my own eyes.
About the top-50 list from "Global Cities & Buildings Database" at skyscraperpage, they mention that:
"The building counts shown in the list don't necessarily represent a fully comprehensive total for each city or country. They represent the number tracked by our editors so far, which may not be compete for each city."
If different cities are very differently represented, then the ranking becomes somewhat meaningless.
Since skyscraperpage.com is a site in english, I can see why every single building in New York might get reported, while similar buildings in Baku or Chongqing might just be unknown.
No need to take it so personally kkgg7. I don't think anyone doubts Hong Kong's skyscraper supremacy over Toronto lol. If there's a similar site in Chinese I'm sure you'd find China overrepresented and North America underrepresented.