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re: The most disappointing skylines
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:43 am to Palmetto98
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:43 am to Palmetto98
Shreveport
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Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:57 am to Palmetto98
Dallas skyline is fine to me.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:03 am to Palmetto98
Going after DC is stupid.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_of_Buildings_Act_of_1910
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_of_Buildings_Act_of_1910
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restricts building heights along residential streets to 90 feet, and along commercial corridors to the width of the right-of-way of the street or avenue on which a building fronts, or a maximum of 130 feet, whichever is shorter.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:04 am to felps22
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Shreveport
Looks better than Lafayette's skyline despite Shreveport now being a smaller city.
You have to take the size of the city into account. In that respect, Shreveport's isn't that bad compared to Beaumont or Jackson.
Beaumont by comparison is pretty rough. You can tell that not much investment has occurred downtown in a long time.
Jackson, MS is a little better. But it's very static. They have a struggling downtown.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:14 am to Oklahomey
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Oklahoma City
OKC really did a great job in the last 20 years on bringing investment into their city center, even moving an interstate highway back. The brickyard area is very impressive considering what it was a couple of decades ago.
That said...before Devon tower, I'd have ranked Baton Rouge higher. And Baton Rouge's metro area is only about 860,000.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:19 am to tiger09
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I saw a Houston media article a few years back about why Houston and San Antonio have the skylines they do. It was basically that (relatively) cheap land allowed Houston to grow out, and it didn’t have to grow up (I bet Dallas has a similar explanation).
The amount of high rises going up in Houston now is kinda mind blowing. I do not know who is living in all of them.
I think this is the best view for downtown now. Maybe because i drive it everydown now.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:21 am to member12
Those bashing the LA skyline haven't been recently.
It's amazing. Not as dense as NY or Chicago, but still really awesome.
Has incredible views from every direction, Dodger Stadium is one of the best too.
It's amazing. Not as dense as NY or Chicago, but still really awesome.
Has incredible views from every direction, Dodger Stadium is one of the best too.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:25 am to felps22
Shreveport?!
Now Cmon….compared with what similar sized city?
SHV, for all of its problems has a good skyline. Little Rock has a really good one for the size city it is. BTR is getting better despite the massive refinery backdrop. There are dozens of cities with similar populations as SHV with horrible ones. Lafayette being one.
Now Cmon….compared with what similar sized city?
SHV, for all of its problems has a good skyline. Little Rock has a really good one for the size city it is. BTR is getting better despite the massive refinery backdrop. There are dozens of cities with similar populations as SHV with horrible ones. Lafayette being one.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 9:31 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:31 am to Palmetto98
Birmingham, AL
Wheeling, WV
Huntington, WV
Wheeling, WV
Huntington, WV
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:33 am to Palmetto98
Lake Providence
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:34 am to Palmetto98
Our beautiful Macon skyline
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:36 am to NoBoDawg
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Little Rock has a really good one for the size city it is.
I actually agree, I was impressed by the skyline when I drove through it recently.
Birmingham kind of has a decent skyline at night coming from the north.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:37 am to Palmetto98
You do realize these cities are built over years and years and not architected all at once, right?
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:38 am to Im4datigers
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Agreed. Great history and good to visit etc, but has zero identity. Nobody is from here. The urban sprawl where I am is even worse. Tyson’s skyline is decent coming from DC but other than that it’s all meh.
If you're driving out all the way out to Tyson's you aren't really in DC or getting the DC experience my man. However, if you do is commute in and out of DC for about an hour or more each way, which it sounds like you do, I can see why you wouldn't like it.
I probably sounded a lot like you when I first moved here, given that it's such a transient city and nearly every one you meet isn't from the area it does feel like it's lacking some kind of single identity like other cities might have, but if you're here long enough it's definitely there.
There's plenty to see and do in DC, and I'm not just talking about the monuments and museums. And yeah, I may not politically align with most of the people here, but almost everyone I've met is extremely driven, hard-working, and generally pretty intelligent.
Plus, some of the row houses and architecture in some of its older neighborhoods are beautiful.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 9:40 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:38 am to Palmetto98
Houston is disappointing to me honestly. I think because it is so spread out.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:49 am to dhuck20
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Our beautiful Macon skyline
indistinguishable from Jackson, Miss
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:51 am to NoBoDawg
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BTR is getting better despite the massive refinery backdrop.
I may be in a minority here. But I like that from the I-10 bridge you can see barges, bulk container ships, port tower cranes, and the industrial base in Baton Rouge in addition to LSU and downtown.
A lot of towns that size don't really have a big industrial base to sustain a big middle class. Baton Rouge and a lot of south Louisiana's cities definitely do. You can see all the major job centers right from the bridge - higher ed to your right, port below you, state government and downtown to your left, and a big petrochemical complex upriver. It gives the impression that this area creates things and adds value; not just governs.
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 9:56 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:56 am to member12
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:02 am to yaboidarrell
quote:Is that the one Pat Healy (Matt Dillon) designed?
OKC's skyline is kinda similar to Santiago, Chile's skyline (minus the mountainous backdrop).
This post was edited on 1/6/22 at 10:13 am
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:21 am to Palmetto98
DC is due to zoning/building regs...
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