[Architype]

St. John's is an underperformer for many reasons; height restrictions, heritage restrictions, fear of being "like Toronto", a previously poor economy, and a tradition of home ownership which strongly favours suburban development over apartment living.


A good way to compare skylines statistically would be to figure out the number of highrises in a city per capita. Although not exactly the same thing, this would probably coincide with the actual perception of the skyline of the city.