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Originally Posted by hipster duck
I hate to be a smug Canadian know-it-all, but why don’t you do a google search for Sandton? It’s a major business district for what might be the 5th largest metro in the English speaking world. I mean, because of this forum I’ve had to learn things I’m not familiar with all the time on here, like thinking in persons-per-square-mile and to be aware of American esoterica like differences in the built form of Cleveland vs Cincinnati, so you can too.
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The reason New York has such a massive number of skyscrapers is a lot more than just being a big city population wise.
Its because it has been basically the number one business and Financial hub of the world for nearly 100 years AND its extremely confined by its geography and blew up in a time before cars.
There is little economic reason to build a city the way NYC is built in most other locations because A) the demand isn't there B) the geography allows for most cities to spread out and C) the Technology of cars and modern mass communications doesn't necessitate co-locating so much business like you had in NYC, at least not that close together.
Back in the day there was a physical time save for large investment banks to be within a block of the stock exchange and each-other, not as critical anymore.