Why Europe Doesn't Build Skyscrapers
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North America, Asia, the Middle East... all have constructed forests of skyscrapers. In this video, we will talk about why Europe doesn't like skyscrapers. Why Europe doesn't build skyscrapers. Why There are no skyscrapers in Europe.
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City planner: You see that Cathedral?
Architect: Yes sir.
City planner: I want to keep seeing it.
Lmfao
Hahaha
Exactly what may Italian friend told me! He said he loved to see one cathedral since childhood and so does his father 😅
Hey do you see that 30-40m tall historical warehouse? Yeah I want it to be viewable from everywhere.
I cracked ... 😁😁😁
That's why Europe is Beautiful! I live in Hamburg Germany it is a Green city the city full of parks and trees. The structures are old but it's amazing and i tend to wonder how it's made. And there's a lot of Medieval Towns that are well preserve i couldn't even get tired visiting them. I came from Manila a city that skycraper is everywhere can barely see a tree the polution is too much to handle that is why when i moved to Hamburg i fell inlove the city full of nature, so clean and green.
If i had plenty of money i would move out of this ticking time bomb of a country they call free,which is made up of 50 divided states
If only Manila can start over. Everything’s just filled with concrete and polluted rivers without much to freely breathe in. Parks are lacking, and there's just little to no proper urban planning. There's BGC, Makati CBD, and Eastwood, which are nice places, but they're just very small areas of Metro Manila. It's just bad for my lungs but all the jobs are here.
The provinces might not even be better either, as there are developers who just have no regard for the trees and build subdivisions everywhere in this small country. Kinakalbo na ang mga puno kaya madaling bahain at mainitan.
Also, how did you get into Germany? Must be really nice there.
@@achuuuooooosuu True! The Goverment is lack of plan for the nature instead they are more into developments of infrustructure and business growth they tend to forget that nature is part of it. The congestion of the city is suffocating without the tress, plants and animals. I came with family reunion visa. But if you are skilled worker it won't be hard for you to get here.
@@IchbinAmy Development is nice but they're forgetting the trees, yes. The Philippines is rich with natural resources though, the government could have used it sustainably but they weren't able to. I think it’s because the country's desperate to have nice buildings to the point where so many trees and natural resources are being cut down and unsustainably used just to achieve this.
Oh, I see, thank you. Enjoy your life in Germany! I wish I can migrate somewhere cleaner too someday. I think my course rn (art-related) doesn't fit for a skilled worker so I guess I'll be stuck here in Manila unless I get to save a lot lol
@@achuuuooooosuu Yes Our Country has so much to offer, from water to Land resources. Sometimes i get to think why Thailand has more exports of goods here in europe from fresh to cans ex. Banana blossom, jackfruits, coconuts vegetables and so much more in cans which i love to buy because as asian mas gusto ko pa din ng mga gulay na kilakakihan ko. Bakit tayo di natin kaya yun mas marami pa din ang imports kesa exports tapos nababaliwala ang sarili nating products at nalulugi ang mga farmers kasi mas binibigyan ng halaga ng goverments ang imports. We could be a rich country too kasi kung tutuuusin mayaman tayo sa resources. Anyway do not degrade yourself just because your proffesion is Art that is a Talent you should be thankful of. I wish for your Great success in the future 🙏
I live in Rome, skyscrapers would be a slap in tha face of the city.
To the city
unlike say the colosseum which was built for exquisite art performances such as executions and gladiator fights
I love Rome. Even the streets and the sidewalk is beautiful.
Skyscrapers will not suit rome
Ah yes slap with a block cash, tall buildings let the city grow and reduce prices, plus various business would put a lot of investments and would creat a lot of jobs for people living in the city. But yeah i guess old buildings over people
I live in Portugal and we don't have skyscrapers. Skyscrapers are cool to see... in other countries :) I rather live in a low building city so I can see/feel the sun, and not walking on the street always in the shadow :)
Fine reasoning Vasco ,just like you would like to live only in a city of low roofed houses see the Sun set & rise surrounded by trees, so would I, so that I am woken up by the piping chirps of Robin's in the morning, rather than the unnecessary bright artificial lights of New York 's Fifth Avenue,Bombay, Delhi 's NCR with skyscrapers or any other cities proliferated with skyscrapers around the world like Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, China's cities like Beijing, Shanghai, its Hainan province, ( after having damned Yang - shi Kiang river by the enormous Three Gorges, and the whole Pearl river delta occupied by large ugly cranes or in Japanese cities of Tokyo, Osaka, etc, I would certainly not like to live where I will only be surrounded by forests of concrete, older towns of Germany like' Horb am Neckar', in the South- west Germany around the famous Black forest would be my natural choice. 👍👍👍👌👌🙏🙏🙏
I hate the sun LOL
Yeah that's the thing, Skyscrapers puts a pricetag on all these things. The rich can afford the light the poor cannot.
@@DaDunge But do you want to be so rich, that you lose your joyful soul entirely. Find joy in small things, be interested in active entertainment like writing( make a dairy of want you have read) reading, gardening, Yoga, making home made food, ( till lockdown) then you can travel to little yet beautiful towns of European countries. You can explore forest like England's Sherwood forest, Kew gardens, Black forest of Germany. Avoid passive entertainment.
@@anuradhainamdar8967 What are you talking about?
I live in Montevideo. The highest building (and there are just a handful of them) is some 100 mts tall. I'm happy. All the ramblas of Montevideo are a pleasure for any eyes. Things like Dubai are not for humans.
Bien dicho!
Montenegro?
@@Polai010 Montevideo
I have been to Montevideo a couple of years ago. It was so pretty!
Montevideo, Uruguay
I live in Belgrade, Serbia, and here they've been destroying all the small pretty old houses since the 90s, it is all becoming ugly gray buildings and skyscrapers now :(
Noooo :’((
Belgrade was largely destroyed by German bombing during WWII.
Plus jebeni Beograd na vodi. Nervira me sto neobrazovani idioti smatraju da cemo tako postati moderni ili slicno. Uzas
@@rishimranjit9218 Zürich is one of the biggest economic centres in Europewith 600k population and has only 2 skyscraper. There are less developed cities with more skyscrapers than Zürich. Your point?
@Caesarre europeans wants their history seen unlike your america they have no history
I live in Florence, Italy.
I have a fun fact for you: the court palace (one of the most modern costruction here) was still built shorter than the "Duomo" (the cathedral) because otherwise it would ruin the wiev of the city ;)
In Zagreb, Croatia there is a law which says that any building can't be taller than cathedral
The best place to view Firenze is from L'Abbazia di San Miniato al Monte (Ho la foto a tramonto!).
I found Florence to be one of the most beautiful places in this world. You guys should continue to preserve the heritage and beauty of the city and not to be taken away by skyscrapers
@@wcjerky that is a unique place!
@@AnkurJhavery we will, don't worry! Thanks for the visit, hope you come back whenever you want :)
The true fact is that skyscrapers can't compete esthetically with european buildings🤷🏻♂️
Even functionally
True, but they also cant compete with the aesthetic of a garbage dump.
In every picture i saw of wallstreet in movies, documentaries and such, i never saw the sun. Whats the point of having a good job if you cannot have a 10 min break of enjoying a hot dog on a bench in the sun near your office. Its a depressing view.
I hate skyscrapers, they cast huge shadows and if you live near them, you're doomed in darkness.
Skycrapers looks very artificial like a blank tall stucture covered with glass, and it consumes more electricity, expensive maintanance, excess water requirement, produces excess garbage waste and so on.
That's not true. On the whole, dense urban areas are more energy efficient than sprawling low density areas.
“High-rise buildings enable many people to live, work, spend their leisure time or access public services in a relatively small area and that drives more efficient mass transportation. From an urban planning point of view, towers are very sustainable.”
"High-rise developments that combine offices, homes and other uses enable more efficient use of resources, he adds. “Residential buildings typically have different usage patterns to offices, which presents opportunities to share energy and equipment. Technologies such as cogeneration become much more efficient when, for example, waste heat from office cooling can be used for hot water for apartments. We need to start creating vertical communities instead of sprawling horizontal ones.”
wsp.com/en-GL/insights/skyscrapers-vs-groundscrapers-which-is-more-sustainable
@@TheHUPofHWC not entirely true, medium density (as in europe) is more effecien regarding firesafety, living quality, and energy consumption. Furthermore, medium density development provides a better quality of life due to the appartements being better connected to the rest of the city.
Check out Soft City by David Sim. That book describes the benefits better than i ever could.
That’s when you have an history of your own... you don’t need to create absurdly high buildings to have some ego 😅😅 I’m so glad to be in Europe!
Tall buildings in urban environments produce less pollution than private homes in suburban areas.
Lol you can have your culture all to yourself.
There is history everywhere, high buildings are cool. The problem with Europe is the absurdly high ego
@@robertorob2686 And the smug factor.
You just got shit architects anymore all the good ones died hundreds of years ago like everything else in Europe
Thanks for the video! I'm from Berlin (Germany) and have wondered about that myself (but not enough to actually look it up. :D ) And yes, that Berlin was basically built in a swamp does lead to strange situations. Not only when it comes to building things very tall; tearing down a building is also very tricky because of the risk of destabilising the buildings around it. Whoever decided founding a village there 1000 years ago didn't really think this through....
However, I do admit that I am "sceptical" towards the idea of putting skyscrapers anywhere but less because I am opposed to skyscrapers alltogether. We could really need more and affordable living space. The thing is, It's clearly visible on every new mall, station, office building, school etc. that was built in this area in the last few years, that the main goal was using the cheapest* and ugliest design available and calling that a modern architectural style. If you're so concerned about ruining the view with a tall building, then _don't ruin the view_. Nobody hinders companies to choose a style that fits right in, that imitates 1700/1800 architecture and still fulfils its purpose, is energy efficient etc. Choosing Bauhaus or something else that looks boring or plain alien in a city with old architecture in general is a decision, not something forced upon them like a law of nature.
So as long as people want to build skyscrapers that look like Tetris blocks, I will remain unhappy about it. But living in a city with colourful, interestingly designed and environment friendly skyscrapers one day would be very exciting and I'm all for it.
* Ok, I admit "cheap" is an assumption of my own, I have no idea how much many is being paid in the process of making a new building. But I assume decorational elements and special materials would add a few Euros to the bill.
Berlin's soil conditions aren't the reason for the lack of skyscrapers. Until recently the economy just wasn't strong enough. There were already plans in the 90s for around 15 skyscrapers on Alexanderplatz with great designs by Hans Kohlhoff, see here:
www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/immobilien/alexanderplatz-plan-fuer-hines-tower-laeuft-wieder-an/13880126.html#!kalooga-20590/~%22Frank%20Gehry%22%20~Hines%5E0.75%20~%22Hines%20Interests%20Limited%20Partnership%22%5E0.56%20~%22Andreas%20Geisel%22%5E0.42%20~Tower%5E0.32
For a long time the economy was too weak and there were too man empty lots in the city to build any skyscrapers but recently it improved and there is more of an interest again. Unfortunately in the meantime the left party came to power, which wants to protect what they see as their own GDR architecture and cancelled the Kohlhoff plan because it was "too american (WTF?)". Now, two really ugly designs have gotten approved.
taz.de/picture/1724051/948/aa_1-f215c415dbcd0ea75713edf902942934.jpeg
www.archdaily.com/514369/gehry-s-berlin-skyscraper-may-be-too-heavy-for-alexanderplatz/5395d160c07a803df40004c8-gehry-s-berlin-skyscraper-may-be-too-heavy-for-alexanderplatz-photo
It gets even worse, as those two 150m skyscrapers will remain the tallest in the area for a long time as the Linke has cut all other proposed highrises to 130m in height because they didn't want them to be taller than their own GDR ParkInn highrise. But it gets even worse because they also added lots of hideous commieblocks to the heritage list because, well they want to protect their own dictatorship heritage.
It's fucking infuriating.
I don't know why the narrator accepts population as a given. It is a problem. The world can not have continued population growth and it is NOT historically normal. I find it strange that the narrator posits money in NOT building skyscrapers when the situation is the exact opposite.
Mexico city was build on a lake and is sinking every year plus earthquakes like in 1985 and 2017. Yet they build nice buildings and for torre reforma they moved an old historic building, build the tower, and then return the historic building to his original place.
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@@martinmarquez.669 Really fascinating, thank you for sharing! I think I read about the temporary relocation of the building a while ago, but not about the whole project and all the effort and calculations that went into the construction of the new tower.
Uh! The city in the thumbnail is Bologna, my city! It's one of the biggest historical center in europe, and definetely one of the best kept, i think my house is 500/600 years old and the district where I live was founded in 1270.
If only the walls of your home could talk. It would be so cool to see what your home has looked like and experienced over the many centuries!
What’s the point having a compact area and land not being used when u can use that area to have nice small homes 😁
This is what a culture is called
someone doesn't have any😂😂
US have only 300 year history. They know nothing about heritage.
@@斯-y5c
Is this another person who says something about America when they know absolutely nothing? Looks like it is.
@@斯-y5c Well Americans have immigrated to the US from almost every country around the globe...so yea we know more about heritage than most people think.
@@BigAl2-u7e You are one
@@BigAl2-u7e I love it how peopls call themselves "Americans", when the real Americans are called "Native Americans". You litearlly moved there from Europe. You were a fricking colony. So stfu about heritage, you don't know anything
Tour Montparnasse is definitely a sweet spot to see the whole city.
Here we say that it is the best spot, because that way you don’t see the tower itself.
Greetings from un Parigot ;)
The tallest building in my city has 19 floors (if you want to see it, go to Google Maps and paste this in the search bar: VQHF+XW Växjö). Most of the tall apartment buildings have like 8 floors, while most other buildings don't have more than 3 - 4 floors
I live in Sweden
I found the title inaccurate. There are absolutely skyscrapers in many European cities; they just aren’t often in the center of a city like they are in the US. They’re usually farther from the city center so as to protect historic architecture, and sometimes not even in the city itself, but in the suburbs. :)
I am from Bologna(The European city in the thumbnail) and I would like to have skyscrapers if thay are far from the city centre; as you can see from the thumbnail,my city centre is beautiful as it is today and doesn't need to build a skyscraper there(that would be a terrible view)
I visited Florence a few years ago ( didn’t have the chance to get to bologna ) and the whole city was beautiful and specially the center around the big cathedral
So glad we can keep Europe without sky scrapers
You do have skyscrapers in Bologna center ! But they’re from the 15th century
@Random Cashew yes but to be fair almost nobody here knows that story
And I do think architects don't know how to build beautiful skyscrapers today. All of the skyscrapers end up with curtain walls, the don't study the daylight, natural ventilation, shadow impact, energy balance, local culture.
I’m from Bologna too
In Mexico city you can find both a Modern Skycraper zone (Mainly Paseo de la Reforma and Santa Fé) and a Old Colonial zone (Mainly Zócalo Capitalino and Centro Histórico)
centre of history
The world would be so boring and bland if every city was filled with skyscrapers aka crony buildings
Yeah cheeper apartments but at the same time more crowded cities
For some reason, I had always thought most land in Europe was unable to support the weight of large skyscrapers. Who knew Europeans thought skyscrapers are considered eyesores? 🤷♂️
Everyone normal considers them eyesores
What do you mean you thought Europe couldn’t hold the weight of skyscrapers, so you thought they would break the floor?
@@SharveyPlays LOL . U had me dying 😂👏🏻
We love to keep the beauty of European cities, hate these tall buildings...
Dear Europe : Great decision ! Please keep your beautifull old buildings
We don’t have skyscrapers because after WW2, we rather wanted to keep our architecture or rebuild it instead of Sky scraping. Skyscrapers are ugly af.
This channel is gold! So underrated. But I'm sure you'll gain a lot of subscribers very soon. What software do you use to make these animations?
Thanks :) for vectors - Adobe Illustrator, for animation - Adobe After Effects.
Skyscrapers are necessary in North America because most of land in a city is zone-limited to single-family, single floor, suburbia. In Europe as cities develop there is a lot of medium-density housing of 3-6 floors. The growth happens slower and more organically and is more gently vertical. Lots of smaller building companies and agents can incrementally increase the population and landscape.
In the US and Canada, because the restrictions are so tight it only makes financial sense to do all the hard work of rezoning, permission, studies, on big development projects. So the land prices have to get really high before a big developer takes over a block and has to build a skyscraper to see a return. By allowing middle-density housing in North America, you wouldn't have this extreme sprawl on the outskirts of city, and then monster towers in the centre.
I always admire the European style of architecture.
It's becoming Europistan
I love that every single video talking about world curiosities, they never portray Africa or South America. Is really interesting how we do not exist for the so called "developed world".
Ps.: referring to the begining of the video, which the comparison with other continents!
true. even if i am from europe, i think that too. we need to develop a different perspective - it is so eurocentric anyway.
True, the only exceptions on the Southern Hemisphere are probably Australia and New Zealand. Whilst many people in Europe know where and what Kairo is, Tel Aviv, Dubai, Teheran, Riad, more Southern cities like Lagos are often unheard of. Most likely reasons being that there is less trade and communication between countries in Europe with countries in Africa and South America respectively. We tend to forget you except we want to go on an exotic vacation. But if that brightens your mood. At least so you probably stay out of the world's trouble for the most part (except Africa due to their plentyful very very crucial natural resources which are exploited by everyone who's rich). In both World Wars there was very little involvement (except for the US annexing ports in Brasil and the Nazis in the Argentina) But one think is undeniable, and that is when it comes to football everyone has heard of Uruguay, Brasil and Argentina. Also Africa gets more recognition through football with rising stars emerging from the continent. And you didn't even have to invade half the world to be known like England did or start the two biggest conflicts like the greater Germany did (including Austria don't leave them out of the frame for those wars) or have a thousand destructive proxy Wars like Russia (or rather the Soviet Union) and the USA did. You are known for playing football, I think that's rather nice.
Don’t worry the only reason Australia is vaguely known is because we were involved in the wars.....and for our relations to England and America.
Besides we have like no history anyways. “I’m pretty sure our oldest building is only like 250yrs old.” this is excluding 40 000yrs of aboriginal culture....
I suggest that every city should have a site for modern skyscrapers and a site for historic buildings.
We don't need sky scrapers. land scrapers will do just fine, like in the suburbs of copenhagen.. plan ahead, and stick to the plans.
That way the USA and European countries can remain distinct and look unique. Not everywhere needs American style glass skyscrapers. Europe's architecture is unique and should stay that way. Same with everywhere.
Another odd solution to increasing housing supply and office space is to use US measures; 4 stories US is 3 stories European; US standard is 10 ft US = 3.048 meters from floor to ceiling. It would also decrease energy costs, because there's no longer as much air volume to heat, cool, or ventilate, since there's no high ceilings.
This way, you can keep the height and view restrictions, but increase the usable living space inside it.
New York, Chicago, Tokyo, and Shanghai all have wonderful aesthetics. Look at Vancouver, they have laws so that the mountains and water can be seen.
And all those cities can continue to exist _elsewhere._
Yeah. In Vancouver, it is not about protecting churches or old buildings but beauty of nature. Says a lot about Vancouver itself.
@@wesleydeng71 in canada buildings from the 1700s are considered old
Cities with skyscrapers are dark. The sun is always covered by buildings. It's depressing.
It depends on the city. Some cities have a mix of nature and urban
? IMO they are always brighter, because skyscrapers are normally covered by glass, and they reflect sunlight. UK countryside are the darkest places on the planet.
@@hanabisenju9051 That's because of the weather, not because of the lack of glass surfaces
@@MatmoeLP Yes I complain about UK countryside weather whenever I have slight chance. But the glass surface factor is major imo, it's just simple physics.
In Sydney, if gives us a good shade from that menacing sun.
Skyscrapers are not the only way for London to increase density. Paris is the densest city in Europe and has even fewer skyscrapers than London in the city center, they achieved this by making 7-story apartment houses with party walls lining both sides of the street.
As a European, I'd love to see more skyscrapers, but not in these historical areas.
The problem is almost everything in Europe is a historical area due to how small the continent is. There’s so much going on. Same with Mexico. The country’s gorgeous and skyscrapers aren’t common there outside of the major cities and even then they’re made sure to add to the overall landscape as opposed to challenging it. Skyscrapers don’t add to the beauty of anywhere with few exceptions, they’re strictly functional. Sure they serve humanity in the long run since our population has grown so much and we’re living forever compared to before, but for them we have to sacrifice overall harmony and beauty of landscape. Or rethink it, which won’t happen anytime soon.
Pls no skyscrapers
A:small population centers, they dont need them nor is there a market for them
B: a bunch of europe is just clay meaning it's a lot harder to build One, ie less cost effective
C: preservation laws
The concept of sky scrapers was introduced by Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (Le Corvusier) - an architect born in Switzerland and settled in Paris
I'm glad i found this channel..thank you for amazing videos
Glad you enjoy it! Thank you! :)
I'm sorry, but building skyscrapers in historical centers would be an horrible eyesore. It would completely change the look and feel and colture of our towns. I'm from Italy, my town's history predates the roman empire.
I personally think it's ok that cities don't push for demografic expansion. I'm all in favor of cheaper rent, but i don't think esponentially increase the number apartments in a city is the best solution.
I'm actually greateful for regulation about the preservation of historical landscape. Glass skyscraper can be beautiful in their own way, but we really don't need them in Rome or Florence or (worst of all) Venice.
I live in Greece. Its not we dont want to build it is just that we broke
Accurate 😂😭
Then pay your taxes! to quote the son of the carpenter: give to the emperor what is the emperor's, and give to god what is god's!
To summarize, They don't want too, because Europe is full of beautiful archeologic sites that they want too preserve because of their history or because it attracts tourists around the world and provides economic growth for European countries (what I understood from the video)
We dont want those soulless boxes here i EU Thank you very much
Man those "soulless boxes" are beautiful and very pretty on the inside
Even here in Albania, a country with only 2.8 million people, the capital which has 1 million people skyscrapers have been popping up and you will see at least 5 buildings taller than 100 m and 50 buildings taller than 50 m. However Tirana was founded in the 1600s so it's not that old. The only historical monuments are a castle in the middle of the city and a mosque which is 500 years old. The oldest cities in Albania though dont have any sort of skyscrapers. For example the city of Berat which is a city more than 2.000 years old has 10.000 people living in it and you wont see a single building taller than 20 m. The same thing could be said about the city of Gjirokastër which is an UNESCO heritage site.
"Why Europe Doesn't Build Skyscrapers"
* Laughs in Frankfurter *
Frankfurt ist unglaublich hässlich
In Wien gibt's auch ein paar davon. Wenn man von der A2 von Sueden her, oder auf der A22 von NW her einfaehrt, sieht man den Skyline von Wien.
Europe looks beautiful without skyscrapers, hope I'll visit oneday..
Google "Montparnasse" which is located in Paris, and tell me that's not the ugliest thing you've ever seen..
Any chance of decommissioning the tower? Even China has decided to ban any new buildings over 500 metres and will strictly limit buildings over 250 metres. I have a feeling that many of these structures will have to be decommissioned in coming decades around the world, giving our cities back to the people.
This tower was purposefully made ugly and eye sore so that future construction of high rises can be stopped by giving its example. 63% to 70% of net worth of France is tied to value of its residential houses. They do not want its value to go down by constructing highrises in Paris. Who wants to become poor just to satisfy the unnecessary ego of living in a high rise building and enjoying expensive elevator rides.
Building densely towards the skies with glass and metal works fine until a rock explodes over your city, leaving it a rusty and infertile desert.
Living in caves is seen as primitive, until that's the only shelter left standing.
Cavemen >> Grassmen/Sandmen
Spot on! Whenever I see a city with skyscrapers I see the lack of Local/Cultural heritage and don't even consider to go there. For me those city's are related with a business "industry" and it would be like visiting an industrial part of a country. I mean who travels to Germany to see factory's?
More skyscraper housing won’t help with rent prices.
After a building reaches a certain height threshold, the cost goes up with each additional floor at a near exponential rate.
Not to mention energy and safety costs.
The only way investors make their money back is by making them high rent.
You would be surprised how much housing even a 10 story housing complex can provide if done right.
There are ones that room the equivalent of a small town.
America already destroyed it's forests and prairies to make soulless grey concrete jungles and it resulted in a culturally void wasteland where every city and town looks alike.
Europe shouldn't repeat this mistake.
True. Finally someone said it 👏🏻
Yep, Europe’s leaders has that cheap mentality, tax everything 25% and then tax 36% on the salary, yet the country is one of the richest in the world because of its oil. Yet they have increased the tax on cars and roads, the answer is we will take care of the next generation and this one would have pay pay and pay taxes. Average joe can’t make it in Europe, rent, food, is damn expensive, salary for the average joe is enough to barely make it. If your educated, you basically made it if you get a job in this country where they choose their locals before any other
Can I ask where are you from? Your grammar is nice and all, but I can hear a small accent.
I don't mean this in a negative way. I'm just curious 😁
Most people assume that I am Eastern European but am not. But definitely speak one of those Eastern European languages in native level. :)
Consider the investment in public transit in European cities, e.g., Paris and London. It not only permits but encourages urban sprawl.
I think in London skyscrapers are kind of part of the landscape as long as they don't go too overboard they stand out and are unique to the skyline
For those city planners in Europe worrying about losing history seen, don’t you realize what you build today will become history of the future? Personally I really don’t see any conflict that historical buildings can be kept properly while morden buildings can be build around, as long as it’s well designed and solving problem for residents
7:46 is scary for me. And yes I'm from Europe. I support the development but I'm not used to seeing skyscrapers so I would not be very happy if they were building them any time soon. Omg imagine our lovely Italy or other countries with them. Nope 🤭
Hii
@@victorluis9058 hey 😀
@@Poppynator how are you doing am victor
I used to live in a village in germany what was build or more recognized first in the 990's by a city nearby. Guess people lived there for a long time
Dude you should have millions of views and subscribers. 👍👏
That's legit dude, lol Thanks :)
Singapore is a good example of a city that has destroyed its past in favour of a skyscraping city centre. The few colonial buildings that remain - Raffles Hotel and one or two churches - look almost comically small.
It is psychologically damaging with concrete and glass buildings as well
*I'm going to sleep
YT: why Europe doesn't build skyscrapers
*well that's a good question
Same here
this is stupid... Europe builds skyscrapers too, the thing is that European cities are OLD, they predate the tech necessary to build sky scrapers...while middle east and eastern cities tore down their city center ( where the skyscrapers tend to be built ) so ...
Warsaw has plenty of space for skyscrapers.
@@JoaoMariaNunes no, many Europeans hate scysxrapers ans they are banned. Even in areas where all buildings could be torn down. After all chinese cities atmre also old. And New York was also old., as well as easterj amerucan states, they are from. 17th century.
Because of you ed calauag😂😂😂😂
I'm italian and my house was built in 1300, before the discovery of America
Grande fra diglielo a sti ignoranti del cazzo che dicono che i grattacieli sono meglio delle cattedrali. C'è ma pensa tu come sarebbero città come Bologna o Firenze con quei cazzo di grattacieli. Dai almen son felice di vedere un italiano stammi bene fratè.
Now this comment is underrated.
I'm brazilian,and the building where I live was built after milan last champions league trophy lol
@@netosdopt9907 Year?
Lol
I'm not European, but I think one of the most beautiful things of this continent are its ancient cities full of history and nature, those cathedrals, castles, palaces, ancient houses, tight streets and the most beautiful arquitectures in the world... please, don't destroy that :c
Im from europe and say; go to Rome or Paris.
Just search on google: trevi fountain rome video. Lets imagine you build a skyscraper there. Nuts
I wanna visit Europe, can u tell me which is the most historic country in EUROPE.
@@owaismohammedejazahmed6710 i think its italy. You have there Venice, Rome and vatican city. All amazing especially Rome , it is the most historic city by far. When you like castles go britain and scotland.
@@fixxa6455 thanks bro.
The answer: to keep their history seen
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Yeah they destroyed history of others and want to preserve theirs
When I was a kid, I was in awe looking at skyscrapers.
When I am an adult, I love to see historical buildings especially buildings that have art deco, baroque, or roccoco architecture.
Was in awe of both and still
I see a clear difference in architecture. Olden and historical architecture is far better. Has much more detail different patterns and elegance. Modern build are more flat and blend. If it's not blend modern architecture they come up with weird shapes and often loads of glass. When they ran out of ideas. They paint the flat wall. Where as in old budlings you see different colours because of the different material they used.
But I admit as a child if I saw a really tall budling. I would be like wow thats tall must be important. But if you have loads of them makes it that much less impressive.
Europe capitals has 3000 years or more of history underground.
You just can't dig anywhere and not found an archeology site.
That's it. Each time they dig in my town, they find a damn Roman building or something and construction has to stop until archeological value of the ruins are calculated. XD
Yes. And due to corruption, they destroy archeological architecture anyways...
or they find an unexploded bomb from ww2. Ouch!
@@Dalkil Yeah, that happened when my family was building a new house and we dug up a Roman fireplace and now that is integrated as part of my father's shop. We had both labourers and archaeologists at our construction zone XD
Same a stupid t rex was found in my basement #richishard #blessed
Americans: why don't you build sky scrapers?
Chinese: yeah, what's wrong with ya!?
Europeans: can I have new park or garden instead?
President banned China from building skyscraper over 500meter for a while now.
cos most of the buildings are older than the US
I wouldn't call 500m a very restrictive law tho :')
Helps with decentralisation:
Less highrise, less need for big stores, less traffic.
Most americans dont actually like skyscrapers. Sure some do, but the vast majority see our big cities for the filthy places they are.
Nah. Visit America and you will see that 90% of the populated places here are filled with towns that have a ton of parks (no skyscrapers to be seen except for *some* cities but not the majority).
Im from Spain and we dont need skyscrapers, our cities are very beautiful without them
Skyscrapers look like shit . We don t need them in Europe
True, skyscrapper kinda eye sore 🤦
Spain is a beautiful country, doesn't have souless concrete jungles of the UK along with over population and air pollution.
Que fregón como decimos en México👍
@@rp7159 thanks man
Dude, in the village i live in if the people would ever hear that anyone wants to cut the trees to build huge blocks of concrete they will be enraged af. We care so much about the trees and green lands , it makes it feel like home to have woods around you
Elon Musk: I'm gonna build the new factory Giga Berlin in Germany
Environmentalist: I'm about to end this man's whole career...
If your village grew to a population of 1 million because of economic activity, I don’t think many would care about the local trees.
Many City dwellers can afford to visit a forest if they so choose.
@@thomasreedy4751 f economy, yes to fresh air and greenery :P lol
I think you all might be exaggerating a bit. As personally I live in Chicago and there are plenty of parks to go to and huge ones if you travel a bit
Yall got my idea wrong =)))) first off thr economy of my village is based especially on tourism because people likes the green stuff and mountains and fresh air, so i dont say fuck m economy because the fucking trees are a part of my economy so their presence stops me from starving =))) Secondly , i think humans like to build more than they need. I dont mean to say i am eco friendly because if there is such a ting as climate change and poluation i am 100% sure my country is not the one to have fingers pointed on so i dont give a shit about it , 'muricans and asia can deal with it. I was just saying that it just feels like someone is taking a part of your home away from you
Im living in a modern village in Europe in a house built in 2000, and travelled to Paris and Berlin. And the cities are really beautiful and should not be ruined by skyscrapers
@@billcipher9265 Building modern skyscrapers in a city like florence doesn't seem like a good aesthetic choice. It just doesn't fit..
I live in 28th floor lol
Life quality over a nice view i would say. Also, yall never consider that some of those historic buildings demand loads of money to restore and that money comes from tax payers. People > old buildings
@@mistercreeper674 Imagine Florence, Italy with a bunch of Skyscrapers like Chicago or New York. Oh my gosh
@@erikasl.7050 you get great life quality in historical buildings , all the rich people in Paris want them. As for the fees, they are paied by their private owners and they are not more expensive than let's say buildings from the 60's or 80's because the construction was crap. I would'nt buy in the new buildings , I know construction workers who tell me that the entreprenors are so obssessed by cost containement that they don't give the concrete enough time to dry up, ten years after building the problems start , everything falls down : plummery, concrete, water infiltration-and it's expensive. Historical monuments costs(no inhabited) are paied by taxes , but also the huge amount of tourism that they bring. Those taxes are a great investement for our economies. I still think we should build o nthe outskirts because it cannot be worse than what it allready is.
It's nice to know we have architects and urban planners who care about the aesthetics of the city and it's culture. Subscribed!
Rather they care about actual progress instead of style over substance.
Being low doesn't make a building beautiful.
@@joefox9875 Maybe not the building itself but the city
Lack of skyscrapers does not equal culture. New York City has hundreds of skyscrapers and is considered the cultural capital of the world. Skyscrapers are a major part of its culture, and similar to European cities, it has zoning regulations that protect sightlines to buildings like the Empire State Building.
I’d rather be able to afford a place but keep your spread out shoe boxes
Europe without skyscrapers forever, hopefully. Our Europe is so pretty. ❤️
Ew
@@yallheartheteaisboiling9989 Amerimutt detected.
@@yallheartheteaisboiling9989 Hi, trailer trash, how is the world's highest debt over there?
@@SokkingBTtulaj I’m not American, but America is way better it’s a super power
@@yallheartheteaisboiling9989 Bruh, America is literally collapsing as we speak. I give it 10 years at most before it either collapses or becomes a third world nation.
In the Netherlands, only a few major and popular cities have skyscrapers. I live in a really old city. We even have parts of our walls, from the 14th century, that are still standing. It’s a very unique feeling to walk through the city. Very calming I’d say
Wat kunnen we in NL een skyscraper noemen? Volgens mij haalt dat hoogste in Den Haag het net niet...
@@intothelabyrinth01 er zijn een paar in Rotterdam en Amsterdam volgens mij. Alhoewel, ligt eraan wat je een wolkenkrabber noemt. We hebben gebouwen over 150 meter. Er is niet echt een universele hoogte dat een gebouw moet zijn voor dat het een wolkenkrabber wordt.
Ik woon in een boerderij in een klein dorp in het noorden
Grote steden zijn stom
In the netherlands i know Rotterdam has skyscraper, but only because the nazi's bombed all the city
Nederland beste land
Short answer: It's the law
Long answer: They wanted to make sure their history could be seen and not forgotten?
No Long Answer: They want to safeguard their networth which is locked in value of their houses. 63% of networth of French is locked in value of their houses, no surprises that Paris hates high rises that can bring thier networth down.
@@indianangel6774 they can afford it.
@@indianangel6774 especially France
Other countries obviously have plenty of history that can be seen in addition to having better skyscrapers.
No the answer is we could build skyscrapers but since we have so much ancient architecture sites and ruins it would be so ignorant to build stupid skyscreapers ruining our cultural values
I live in Paris and I’d rather pay shit loads of rent than see a different Paris with skyscrapers
Imagine going to paris and seening NY or something like that fuck 🤣
@@Mrdinomist LMAOOOOOOO
@Coen Lammerts i know and it isn t ugly city per say but compared to Paris , Munich, Berlin, Rome( basicly any italian big city) , Vienna etc it isn’t anything special.
With addition of skyscrapers almost every big city would look as uninspiring as ones like NY
@@Mrdinomist honestly NYC is amazing and one of the most beautiful cities I’ve been to
That’s beauty of europe, they don’t wanna ruin it which makes me so happy
I agree with you ! But on the other side, skyscrappers views are awesome two !
Makes me sad tho that sea levels are rising and europe is slowly sinking below sea level and could damage the beauty of europe :(
@@generalcomrade3352 Every country is slowly sinking though by the time Europe is underwater skyscrapers would also collapse
@@5parcovici but not in europe....xd
@@generalcomrade3352 The sea levels rising is not something new. The sea levels has been rising slow and steadily with aproxemately 20cm each century for at least the last 1000years.
Because Europe builds cities where one actually wants to live
It artificially pumps land values up.
And yeah like no one wants to live in Toronto, Los Angeles or Singapore 😂
@@mayankmehtani7202 I agree, plus in cities like Geneva it's ridiculous that they just didn't start building skyscrapers yet, there is so many more people coming in every year and they just keep on building 3 floors block of flats like we have unlimited land😅
The largest cities in the world have skyscrapers so thats a false statement.
@@shalonsmith3653 If the city is large it does not necessarily mean it is automatically comfortable. Most probably the contrary is true
@@sergeibatiuk3468 it still means people want to live there
Europe has probably the most gorgeus cities/villages I know of. It's very wise to keep their character. I'm glad they're preserving the very rich history and hope they continue to do so.
Obviously they do after destroying every others non-European civilizations buildings, history, and people
King Kai tough shit
@@kingkai2800 Damn we are badass😎
Corect me if i am wrong but as far as i know america doesn't really have old architecture to preserve...my country even has the ruins of a capital city from the years 100-200 but we were taught that america doesnt really have a history
@@kingkai2800 they were pretty good at it too
Americans: Why don't Europeans build skyscrapers?
Europeans: We know how to build cities. We're doing it for over 2700 years now.
American: That doesn't answer my question European. Please clean your ears out.
@@Monaleenian Cities in Europe are historical so to build a skycrapers needs space and we dont have space. Just enjoy the small and beautiful buildings
@Storm Zaibot i think those are the native indians who were killed and chased away from their homeland. I dont think they are even recognized as americans by the same people who chased them away lmao
@Storm Zaibot they are still there but you can count their settlements on one hand compared to the cities built by the people who chased them away. The massive bulk of the real americans are composed of immigrants and not the original settlers. Those same immigrants were the one who chased away and kept building all these massive cities and skycrapers we all see today. I dont think you can even call the native indians americans because you can barely see their ancestry nowadays. You need to relearn history.
Well said.
I love European cities, especially the old towns.
Mee too. Would be nice if we could afford living in them... but the shortage of living space is pressuring all the medium to low income people oit of the cities and the rich can move in...
Same
try sarajevo
@@zumzum3954 depends on the city.
@@nobodyinteresting9967 Bradford
There are skyscrapers, but they are built up in financial areas outside the city center,normally full of historical buildings and remains, so this can be kept unaltered👌🏻
Not in all European cities, espeically in the UK where cities like Manchester,Sheffield and Liverpool have their skyscraper/skyscrapers in the City centre not in any financial district at all either
@@Seagull81006 what does a appartement cost in one of those skycrapers?
@@Seagull81006 what? Have you ever been to London? The skyscrapers are only built in very specific areas, like the wharf
In Ireland our soil is sedimentary, meaning you will hit water when you dig into the soil, therefore it won't support skyscrapers.
Oh cool, I bet u like it
I love ireland from sri lanka 🙂
My siri is set to irish accent lol
So when I Googled Ireland skyscrapers, all those pictures are fake?
@@soteful9949 yep, there’s actually a law that makes sure you don’t build past a certain height here in Ireland, that height is 60metres.
My house was built by a Greek-Italian who fought in a war in 1779 and my house was built in 1791
Hello there
How did it ended up in your hands then?
@@questmarq7901 my grandpa was a bit rich and bought it and from then i still have it it is in zakuntos island
You must be rich man
Wow
@@Militos238 oh so its in greece then! Ok geia sou magka
We love Europe the way it is. skyscrapers are ugly, I can never live on the 35th floor of a building.
Kinda true but there aren’t a lot in Toronto so
Ok boomer
Boomer moment...
You’re just broke hun
This has nothing to do with being a boomer ^^ I'm 23 and I see it the exact same way
Im Czech, and i would like keep historical city districts, and just make skycrapers in more modern areas and new zones.
Or you know... Whole new cities could be established...
@@Megalomaniakaal Not possible, already too dense settlement grids in CZ. Thus would immediately cause backslash from various interest groups, NIMBY and agromafia that already started opposition against HSR. They will use false claims about lack of arable land even thou that they have to be already subsidized and roughly 1/3 is not even used for food production they base their argumentation on. (not to mention that with their approach the soil will soon be completely dead) And many people will jump on their bandwagon.
This is the best of both worlds i think. Like Paris with its La Defence district.
souhlasím (I agree)
Czech Rep. is one of the most beautiful and at the same time unluckiest country in Europe Communism damaged so much the culture is a joy for the eye seeing it as is it becoming now ... in 20-40 years it will be one of the best countries in the world if everything goes well
I feel safer around lower buildings.
Same now that i think of it
high rise buildings are death traps anyway. Basically have no way of escaping a raging fire on a high level floor
@@XAkiraOtakuX Stairs.
@@XAkiraOtakuX lol, parachute homie🪂
@@synex3219 As if untrained people can safely navigate with a parachute in an enclosed street.
Fun fact:
The european city in the thumbnail is Bologna, in Italy. And in medieval times it was famous for the large number of towers built by many noble families (around 100). Now about 20 of them are left, the highest being "Torre degli Asinelli" (97 m) (Torre di Pisa is 57 m in comparison).
And talking about skyscrapers it fits very well.
however, not really. because they were beautiful and not modern ugly things. Pretty towers and spires are nice . those are not skyscrapers.
I live near Warsaw - one of few European cities that have skyscrapers. Most European cities does not allow tall buildings to be built to protec historic centers odf cities. Warsaw don't have this problem because during II World War it was razed to the ground by Germans (80-90% of buildings were destroyed) , and after war, when Poland become communist state, polish goverment didn't want to rebuild destroyed "bourgeois tenements". In order to demonstrate the power of communism, a large (more than 200 m tall) skyscraper was erected in the city center on command of Stalin - Palace of Culture and Science. For patriotic and propaganda reasons, the most important fragments of the Warsaw's old town were also rebuilt, but the rest of the city were created according to the architectural assumptions of communist architects - socialist realism inspired by Bahaus - functional, uncomplicated buildings, often constructed of prefabricated elements - plenty of blocky gray apartment blocks. Also plenty of plots of land in the city center were undeveloped due to legal reasons (problems with establishing legal owners) and because of insufficient state capacity to remove all the war damage. So after Poland become capitalist, there was no contraindications to built scyscrapers - there were empty plots in centre of city, there was no view to protect, the construction of skyscrapers was economically profitable and there were companies willing to invest their money in it and also plenty of people wanted to "cover" Palace of Culture and Science by other skyscrapers.
And some people want communism...🙄🙄🙄. Anyway, love the lesson.
@@sm3675 If you are referring to social democracy it is by no means even close to communism.
Well it's a bit more complicated than this though. As the Old Town is on the Unesco Heritage Site list no skyscrapers should be seen from the Old Town. That's one of the rules. The natural light is the other when it comes to high-rise buildings in Poland. They mustn't block the natural light and the sunlight from residential buildings. The "covering" of the Palace of Culture and Science (PEKiN as Polish call it, which by the way is pronounced the same as Beijing in Polish) is more of an urban legend these days. There were plans to surround this building by other, taller, more modern skyscrapers but that recently has been abandoned as the city of Warsaw decided to build the museum of modern art (25 metres in height) in front of the palace. The city is transforming with a quite daring plans to turn about 30% of its public space into green spaces. In my own opinion Warsaw is heading in the right direction. All modern cities should focus on this. Skyscrapers should be built with the principle of saving land for the better use. It's not about the status anymore :)
communism did not prevent China from building modern and beautiful cities with skyscrapers .. here the problem is not communism or capitalism .. the problem is that the Poles have their hands growing out of their butts ..
@@rex30000 no it didn't The money tat could be diverted into communities, wages and overall well being of the people living in the shadows (literally) did.
Imagine living in the lowest floor of the skyscrapper and having another 5 of these around you... living in the dark 🤣 thanks a lot
There’s space between skyscrapers…
its the same than living in London
@@urbanistgod So you love watching streets?
@@hanspeter1078 Aren’t you watching streets when you live in a normal not very high building ?
They put officies and shop there
In Greece we also have an issue with earthquakes so that's an extra reason you aren't allowed to build above the height limit..
Speaking of earthquakes, do you know what the peak is for Amatrice? That of all the structures built in the center and its surroundings, the civic tower, which was the tallest structure in the town (village, maybe), remained standing, moreover the tallest structures suffer less from structural rejection, too bad I don't remember much of what I saw on the tv show "the engineering of epic fail", sure that all the buildings collapse at some point
@@marco_grt4460 the ground is not that suitable most of the country is hilly and rockie and there isn't much room to work with it also most Greek cities by American standards are more or less small to medium size towns so it doesn't makes much sense from financial point of view, it's the same reason why malls wasn't that successful either
Of course in Athens we have some skyscrapers mostly hospitals and office buildings but they are located far away from the" historic centre " because acropolis hill should be visible from as far as the human eye can catch it without being overshadowed by other buildings
Also note that in the early 20th century ( when that legislation was passed)" heavier " buildings in comparison to modern ones wasn't reacting that well during earthquakes and people afraid of them
No skyscrapers for Europe, please and thank you - I (and I believe vast majority of Europeans) love the soul, history and beauty of our cities 💖
Its funny an american makes some end rant about lobying being the problem while every europian in the comments simply doesnt like skyscrapers
@TheComengSpotter575 Fine, that's your opinion. I stated mine in my comment.
@TheComengSpotter575
Yeah, and they are easier to hit with airplanes, just ask the New Yorkers...
@TheComengSpotter575 skyscrapers are just ugly big building that light up at night, no history, no meaning. Just tall ugly building
@@nondesperado shots fired
Simple answer: Europeans appreciate culture
@@epg96 Some european cities exist longer than many countries, and they still stand to this day. Earthquakes don't happen randomly across the world. Some places get many earthquakes and some get none, Europe gets none.
@@epg96 Turkey and Greece aren't the Europe I'm talking about, by Europe I meant Germany, the Netherlands, France and so on. Turkey always gets hit by earthquakes, it's nothing new......
Italy gets hit by earthquakes once in a while aswell but not as frequently
Turkey is not even in Europe lol
Unaffordable housing is an interesting aspect of a culture...
I remember how enraged Filipinos were when a tall condo building were erected behind the historic landmark of the monument of Dr. Jose Rizal. It was an eye sore and called national photobomber. Sadly, there's still no law in the Philippines banning the construction of buildings that ruin national landmarks.
The same is happening in Serbia, the biggest orthodox church temple and the history behind it is covered by a skyscraper and uneducated people support it. Now when you look at the older part of the city, you see only a skyscraper and a new 'dubai' rather than the culture which marked our presence
Ooh dude do you know that one big statue of like a budhist character somewhere in asia? So a rich man builds it but not to give prayers but to showoff his wealth so locals there just hate that statue and the mean
Yes! Nakakainis!
People need to get Duterte to respond to this issue. I think he can but maybe its too late already. The density of Manila asks for buildings to go vertical. Overall Philippines is a treasure that needs to be protected and greater effort by ordinary people to enforce a clean environment. Its a matter of economics and health as well. Cleaner cities just do better with more visitors.
@@jamesmedina2062 sadly POGO buildings built everywhere nowadays, especially here in cavite.
Long Story short: we don’t Build skyscraper because we have architecture which is so beautiful and needs to be protected. London will solve their Problem before it goes critical. Skyscrapers are ego towers.
That's why most Europeans countries suck, The way their governed is pretty good, the govt and healthcare and key infrastructure which are really good but when comes to landscape and how appealing buildings look, it ranks pretty low since they look really depressing and just the same, were are not in 1900 to look at such boring buildings with same ugly designs, it doesnt look nice, just old and gross
@@haruiox2368 "boring buildings with same ugly desings"
*starts constructing similar and boring looking skyscrapers*
@@haruiox2368 you good bro?
@@haruiox2368 This is pure blasphemy. Have you been in Florence? Barcelona? Paris? ANYWHERE?!?!
@@haruiox2368 Those "old and gross" buildings looks better than your most of your skyscrapers 😂
I think La Defense is a perfect example of skyscrapers being build right. Away from historic buildings, but still close enough to the city centre. Also: you don’t need skyscrapers to have cheap rent, look at Vienna.
Its actually often the opposite. The high-rises with cheap rents are fugly ghettos. Nobody likes them. And the bank towers or luxury towers are too expensive.
@@fjellyo3261 normal people housing is just the least profitable thing there is.. So no investor would build a 300 meter tall tower with housing for normal people.
@@SimonRaahauge1973 true. That's why mixed use is the best solution at the moment. Like 30% of new build apartments in a house/project are for less wealthy families.
@@fjellyo3261 mixed use, rent regulation, medium density. and all kind of fascilities in walking distance.
@@fjellyo3261 But you know that “fugly ghettos” have much more background behind them, you cannot just write off their existence and their history by attributing their problems to population density.
Very misleading to say that skyscrapers will lower the rent, just look at every major city with skyscrapers in the US that's where rent is at its highest.
Yep, it was pretty misleading. Most of the skyscrapers are not even residential buildings, they are office buildings.
The point is that having more accommodations overall lowers the rents on average (supply and demand).
@@user-ly1fk9kk9d I guess he meant office rent?
It's not...increase in building density & numbers of humans in one specific area will prop up the rent.. a scheme to juice their wallet all together.. instead of juicing few of them at a time on a single plot of land.. with skyscraper hundreds ,thousands at a time..the modern milking machine..
Skyscraper cost shit load of money to build that why most of them are office building since big company can afford them. The only so few that have housing unit are expansive too and most likely only the upper middle class and above can afford to live in them.
Europe's population is also more evenly spread out than in North America. NYC have next to 1/2 of the state's population, NYC metro (I know it's cross nearby state but still) have about the same population of NY state ; Chicago's metro area have 2/3 of Illinois's population ; Houston & LA's metro both have 1/4 the population of their respective state (Texas & California).
Toronto, Montreal & Vancouver Canada have about 1/2 of their province's population, these 3 cities alone have more than 1/3 of the country's population.
In comparison Paris and London have about 1/5 of France & UK's population; Madrid have 1/6 of Spain ; Madrid 1/15, Moscow 1/5 etc.
there’s a reason why europe has the best looking cities in the world
Cope
@@hiibillymayshere4238 cope with it lol
Best?😂
@@TheAgentOfDeath yes
@@hiibillymayshere4238 cope? I think you've got it backwards
I find it way nicer to have lower but dense buildings with pedestrian small streets, than having skyscrappers seperated my 5 lane roads...
Don't know about skyscrapers but my country could use some 5 lane roads.
Some MORE 5 lane roads I meant.
@@lautheimpaler4686 well a few of them but the USA has too much of that. uglyness in cities. Need them only outside of cities.