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re: The most disappointing skylines
Posted on 1/6/22 at 4:10 pm to BorrisMart
Posted on 1/6/22 at 4:10 pm to BorrisMart
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Knox and the small towns and suburbs around it are awesome.
Fact.
And no one really has expectations for a mindblowing skyline. It's not like Knoxville is a huge city.
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Also, for BR I want it to be a good skyline so bad but yeah, it is just so spread apart and nothing is super tall anymore.
Is it still the case that nothing can be built taller than the state capitol building?
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Posted on 1/6/22 at 4:13 pm to LSUBoo
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Is it still the case that nothing can be built taller than the state capitol building?
I've always heard that. I love BR and my family and I are all from there originally, granted I moved as a baby, but I don't think they will ever do much with the skyline, as bad as I might want.
As for Knox, no one is going to put it's downtown up against any serious contenders but that area is such a nice area to live in.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 7:09 pm to BorrisMart
A lot of outsiders probably expect a little podunk country town with 2 McDonald’s when passing through BR. They have to be a little impressed when they see downtown BR.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:07 pm to Palmetto98
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2). Atlanta, GA…The placement of the buildings are stupid , tacky, and make the city look smaller than what the population presents.
Atlanta actually has three skylines, baw.
And like someone else said, Midtown's skyline blends into Downtown's. Making it look like one.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:25 pm to dewster
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Philly is one of the shittiest cities in the country
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I loathe Philadelphia - not just because of the problems in that city, but the general attitude and quality of person in the well to do neighborhoods and suburbs. Bunch of a-holes.
Preach!
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I used to live in the Pittsburgh area
My hometown
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The food is terrible there
This is where we'll disagree. Pittsburgh is a very underrated food town.
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traffic is a nightmare.
True. But it has nothing on Atlanta.
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it's a pretty town
It really is. I was up there in October. I miss it dearly.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:27 pm to dhuck20
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:34 pm to Sal Minio
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Buckhead
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they succeeded from the city of Atlanta
No, they haven't. It's just a movement right now and TBH, a lot of people are against it, including some prominent Republicans on both the city and state level. Including Kemp and the new mayor.
I don't think it's gonna happen.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:53 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
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Pittsburgh is a very underrated food town.
Pittsburgh has terrible food. Not talking about fine dining (everyone has okay fine dining places) but the mid-to-diner tier restaurants are dreadful. When a city is obsessed with unseasoned potato ravioli, you know a city's food sucks arse.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 8:58 pm to BRich
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Visited Miami in 1992 (not long after Miami Vice), then again in 2019. Talk about a major difference. Tons more skyscrapers and an impressive skyline.
Absolutely, compared to '92, there's probably 3x more buildings now than then. Population has more than doubled, maybe that's the reason why (or drug money or European/Latin American investors).
Miami has probably 3 skylines, downtown Miami/Brickell, Coral Gables and Miami Beach.
And according to Google: "The U.S. city of Miami, Florida has the country's third-tallest skyline (after Chicago) with 439 high-rises, over 90 of which stand taller than 400 feet (120 m) and 65 which are taller than 491 feet (150 m)".
Here:
LINK
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:12 pm to SteelerBravesDawg
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Atlanta actually has three skylines, baw.
And like someone else said, Midtown's skyline blends into Downtown's. Making it look like one.
If you count Midtown, Downtown, Buckhead, Sandy Springs, and Dunwoody it has five. The first two and the last two do blend together, though.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 9:22 pm to Palmetto98
Oklahoma City’s is hilarious. A bunch of mid-rise buildings and the the Devon Tower, which goes to the fricking moon.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 10:51 pm to goofball
Downtown Jackson has been touched just a few times in the last 50 years.
Posted on 1/6/22 at 11:18 pm to BorrisMart
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Shreveport/Bossier skyline with both sides makes it look awesome. It's second to Nola for the State in skylines and it isn't close.
Driving in to Shreveport from the east on I-20 West and seeing the combined Shreveport/Bossier casino skyline is pretty nice. It’s a very nice skyline for a city that size.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 1:20 am to Palmetto98
There's nothing wrong with the Dallas skyline.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 2:09 am to Palmetto98
Salt Lake City
Posted on 1/7/22 at 5:05 am to Palmetto98
Cincinnati's skyline sucks!
Chocolate and cinnamon in your sauce? Come on!
Chocolate and cinnamon in your sauce? Come on!
Posted on 1/7/22 at 7:44 am to Palmetto98
Not disappointed at all, but Toronto's skyline is pretty impressive. The baseball park and the tower make it pretty special.
Posted on 1/7/22 at 7:48 am to DownSouthCrawfish
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There's nothing wrong with the Dallas skyline.
There is nothing wrong with Houstons skyline. I-10 East out of town is beautiful on a clear night. I don't understand the hate for Houston on this board, we're all from Louisiana and bitching about a skyline that is getting added to as I type this. When's the last time Nola, BR, or Monroe added a 50 story building?
Posted on 1/7/22 at 8:24 am to Undertow
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A lot of outsiders probably expect a little podunk country town with 2 McDonald’s when passing through BR. They have to be a little impressed when they see downtown BR.
Baton Rouge, Madison, and Grand Rapids are all very similar in that respect.
You hear the name and expect a town of 50,000-100,000 people. Then you get there and realize it's more like 800,000-1,000,000 easily. Their names make them sound like smaller towns, but they are mid sized cities with big universities and industrial bases.
This post was edited on 1/7/22 at 8:27 am
Posted on 1/7/22 at 8:25 am to Reservoir dawg
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Downtown Jackson has been touched just a few times in the last 50 years.
And unfortunately a few of the pretty 1920s-1940s buildings are empty and in danger of being demolished.
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