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Originally Posted by GeorgiaBoy24
You made some good points. However, I still respectfully disagree in many ways.
After looking closely at pictures of the Sears Tower, I can clearly notice the asymmetric design of it versus the symmetric design of Sky City. Still, at first glance and even now it looks way too much like our tallest building for it to be considered unique.
It is meaningless in that it will surely never become occupied. Just look at all the space in that thing! And unless this new prefabricated construction is a breakthrough, which will change everything if it is, it just doesn't seem safe.
Sure, Changsha has 7 million people, but Dallas has a comparable 6.5 million. Ask anyone in China if they've heard of Dallas and they'll probably say no.
"It is much more natural way to live." Yeah, because being in a cubicle 2000 feet up is so natural! All putting a skyscraper in a forest does is separate it from the skyline, providing no reference point for how tall it truly is. Just look at Sears. It's by a 900 foot building and it completely dwarfs it, providing a visual on just how massive the building is. Without buildings around it, you lose too much of the sense of scale.
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Lol you are acting like how the chinese would expect an American with the inability to look beyond the box to react.
First of all, there are many buildings that look like the sears tower, and there are many copied buildings all around the world. Though I do agree that the design is subpar considering it is a supertall, I think they know what they are doing considering they are paying and building this thing.
What you say about in-occupancy can go either way. The burg khalifa had the same problem but China is very different from Dubai in the sense that Dubai builds to show their wealth off and try and create more tourism and a greater population. China, on the other hand, can easily absorb this due to their massive population.
Also, what the hell do you mean if the chinese have heard of Dallas. Maybe they have, maybe they haven't. Not knowing don't of their cities, isn't justifiable by saying that they dont know American cities. Just cause you are ignorant doesnt make Changsha any smaller or unheard of a city. Try and remember that China is halfway across the globe.
And sure it might be a natural way to live if the chinese think so. It's called innovation, and trial and error. If it works, then they keep buiilding, if not then they dont. If everyone was as close-minded as you are being then there wouldn't even be skyscrapers or buildings at all because they would ask pessimistic questions like you.
"Towers in the sky?? What if someone falls off?"