Worst skyline
 

I am talking about cities that are called 'big' not small cities like Casper, Wyoming or Wichita, Kansas, etc.

But, anyways my answer would probably be Fresno, California
http://www.pictureninja.com/pages/un...own-fresno.jpg

or San Jose, California
http://sanjosestudiosearch.com/skyline1.jpg

San Jose is a technicality because of the airport and the original intention was never really to have a big city there. Besides, I would say a city like San Jose is more concerned about density rather than height.

Doesnt Tucson and San Antonio have small skylines for the size of their city?

what about west yellowstone, montana

Norfolk, VA - 1.7 million
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ia_skyline.jpg
Source

San Antonio's skyline might be somewhat small for 2+ million person metro, but I don't think it is near the worst. Looks can also be deceiving, because while it may not impress you from afar, downtown San Antonio is a fantastic place. It's filled with historic buildings, and is great at street-level.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3366/...fbf0116ee5.jpg
Photo courtesy of Reubenin Stt on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/reubeninstt/3482207524/

Depends what you mean with worst skyline. Height and density-wise or worst when it comes to the design of the skyscrapers?

Yeah, I think we might need a better definition of this question before really addressing the topic...without it, we are kind of just stabbing into the dark.

So.. then surely the Brazilian ones:
Uniformity in 20-30 storeys building, too much in quantity without space, and none height Landmark at all. Take any city example that you will see.
http://www.kundmueller.be/biketrip/w...o_pantanal.jpg
Source: In Picture, but here you are Kundmueller.de - http://www.kundmueller.be/biketrip/w...o_pantanal.jpg
http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/med...kyline-mid.jpg
Source: Tripadvisor.com - http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/med...kyline-mid.jpg

Dismal, but growing.

Here's a more recent photo.
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9...lkmontage1.jpg
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia

street level, san antonio is probably the best downtown in texas but falls short in the postcard skyline department.

Jacksonville, FL (807,000)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...le_Florida.jpg

That's a cool shot, NYC4Life. J'ville with the 3 fighters lined up like that.

Pretty small skyline for 800+K.

San Antonio's skyline looks disorganized and random. I'm not sure if this works for or against it though. It's very interesting either way.

Phoenix has a really bad skyline. Technically, they don't actually have a skyscraper.

You must remember that Jacksonville is the "largest" city in the nation, it's size is practically all of Duval County.

We have plenty of highrises, but yes, nowhere near enough skyscrapers. These buildings all look like the belong in suburban office parks instead of a downtown. (1.5 million, 5th largest in the nation)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...tralAvenue.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ArizonaUSA.jpg

(Wikipedia)

It looks like suburban LA.

stupid thread.

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Gosh, look at all the regular buildings in Phoenix.

^ i know where are all of the irregular buildings?

automatically phoenix. Is there a crummier skyline anywhere in the world for such a large urban area?

http://subjunctive.net/images/2005/p...-thumbnail.jpg
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