The HK skyline(s) make NYC's look rubbish. I'm getting bored of people saying NYC is the best city in the world. More tall buildings in HK, better setting with mountains in the background, newer buildings, continuously developing and improving, financially stable, much better transport, healtier food and lifestyle, worlds best airport and airline, cheaper goods, zero tax, part of the manufacturing capital of the world, perfect geographical location for trade...
Toronto still has a beutiful skyline, it's amazing how many amazing pictures there are out there of Toronto. Lets hope that Toronto will get some new aditions to its skyline in the future, i think a skyscraper in the 1200-1300 ft range would compliment CN tower very well.
Great video and music. It was obvious the top 5, and in that correct order too! A few of the rest of the 15 were a pleasant surprise. Thanks for the vid!
This is my favorite of all the cityscape videos on UA-cam. The music mix and visuals are both beautiful and I play it morning after morning to brighten my mood 'til I get to Toronto, 400 km down the road from here, Ottawa, which just doesn't have the prosperity, or it does, for only the people that live outside the core where nothing gets built due to lousy policies. Because nothing's allowed that will overshadow the gov't buildings, but those are Victorian, as is the attitude.
With an estimated 7500+ high-rise buildings, Hong Kong has earned itself the title of world's tallest city dwarfing its nearest competitor New York. Skyscrapers are the soul of the city, and it's estimated that Hong Kongers spend an average of two days each year in a lift. However, it's not only about size, and the city can be considered the style capital for skyscrapers, boasting some fantastic designs. Collectively, these banks of skyscrapers make for the most spectacular skyline in the world
in 3:59 here building another building next to those towers. The one on the left is almost 1700 ft tall, and the one on the right is over 1300 feet tall. There buliding the Shanhai Building which will be over 2000 feet tall next to those.
What I find, still amazing is that all of these chinese cities, just 20-30 years ago were so different that you wouldn't be able to tell. Just 30 years ago all of Shenzhen was just a sleepy little fishing village and now today. Its interesting to see what they will look like in another decade or so.
If Dubai continues to develop at the pace it is now in the future, Dubai will probably crack the top 2 within the next decade. That city has some crazy projects in the works.
its more aesthetically pleasing for sure. But NY has that history to it that definately makes it very unique. Its also a world city, indicating its importance to the world economy. I think its these factors that contribute to the aura of NY's greatness. Cuz really, u look at NY's skyline, theres just a bunch of aging skyscrapers, but it is this that makes it great in my mind.
Cool video and it makes sense that Asian countries had the most representation, they make up half the Earths population therefore they are more dense. On the other hand anything can change as cities develop more projects in the future especially from the BRIC and N11 countries. Some of you need to go the source before posting a comment about this list.
@h10410 Hong Kong was not part of China until 1997. And by that time its skyline was pretty much already this beautiful. Hong Kong is as much a British product as a Chinese product.
Ok, but you have to admit that a building like ICC looks more massive and somehow "taller" because of its "compact" design than a "smaller" building with a giant spire
It's more dense and connected than the NY-Philly-Boston-DC cluster but not as the NY-NJ metro area. It depends on the definition. But even only with Shenzhen HK can at least easily be compared to NY regarding that subject.
This was taken from an article in the Wall St Journal in 2006, so even New Yorkers are willing to admit that they are no.2. Since then there have been many additions to HK's overall height and zero in NYC. I'm pleased that you are passionate about your beliefs, but unfortunately "everything you think you know is wrong". If you look around NYC, huge portions are not even high rise. Virtually all buildings in HK are. Limited land means they have to build up - it's obvious.
dude, NY has way more concrete buildings than HK. A lot of NY's skyscrapers are aging now, with many being 60+ years old. If u look at HK 60 years ago, they had virtually no high rises. All of China's large cities have very modern skyscrapers, since they didnt have the technology to make such tall structures back when New York had handfuls of them and was in a construction boom period.
@ThePeeBottle 13 billion was a typo. Sorry about that. The census data that I used was from more than 10 years ago, so sorry about that too. But bottom line is it's well more than 90%. And you need not educate me what people speak in China. I'm from there FYI. Canton, in fact. Maybe I should correct my statement earlier from "everyone speaks Mandarin" to "everyone IS ABLE to speak Mandarin." Except Cantonese people > 60 years.....but that's a negligible factor cus we're Hans.
@mr13377 El skyline de la Ciudad de México crece muy rapido estan haciendo nuevos edificios en la ciudad de más de 200m tambien Guadalajara y Monterrey. Vamos México¿como se llama la segunda canción del video?
@gariadara sorry, if i came off as a know-it-all jerk, because i don't know it all, and im not a jerk ;)) i just thought you were implying that it's only mandarin in mainland china. because i get tired of people asking, for example, "what do you speak? cantonese? or chinese?" and the question doesn't even makes sense, until i found out the accepted false notion that mandarin is considered the only language in china. my answer to their question is "i do speak chinese, in the form of hokkien" :D
I don't need to do any extra research due to the fact that I am an engineer and have lived in both places. I suppose you have visited them though so your knowledge of the two cities must be vast...
I don't think NYC deserves #2 because it basically doesn't have a good enough skyline at this point. The most unique were in Dubai, Malaysia, and some of China's.....But all the skylines were beautiful....overall.
@ThePeeBottle no kidding, I've actually met people who accused me of trying to claim Tibetan culture as part of Chinese culture by "inventing" that term, forming an unfounded link between Chinese and Tibetan languages.....I face palmed myself and left the vicinity.
@gariadara "FYI China has 56 ethnic minorities, but more than 95% of its 13 billion people are ethnic Chinese (Han). And everyone speaks Mandarin there." actually it's 1.3 billion people, not 13 billion, and the han chinese are around 92% (1.2 B) of the population. even among the han, not everyone speaks mandarin there, although it's the most widely spoken language and sort of the lingua franca. they also speak cantonese (hong kong isnt the only place they speak it), or wu, hokkein, many others
compare size, total population and population density of both cities/ metropolitan areas - they're rel. alike regarding most of that, with the only exception "number of highrises" ;)
HK is also a world city. More banks and financial institutions are based in HK than NYC and HK is no.1 in the world for IPO's. There are 70 million employees of HK companies in southern China alone making it one of, if not the most important city on earth for global trade. It is also part of the worlds oldest existing civilisation, providing a 'little bit' of history. NYC, and America as a whole is brand new in terms of it's inhabitants and urbanisation, and has very little history...
3rd biggest? that might be debatable too.. ;) HK with Shenzhen comes to 17-20 mio and the merging area to the west with Guangzhou and Macau contains a population of 40-50 mio.
@poortaiwanese being part of the West allowed gave western investors LOTS of freedom to put money into Hong Kong. And for the record, HK is one VERY racially homogeneous city whereas India is huge with about 8 million different human ethnicities and religion and language.
Hong Kong fully deserves the world's best skyline title as it's the only MASSIVE skyline that's silhouetted agst both tall mountains and a majestic harbour. Condolences to Singapore, Hong Kong's very jealous rival. BTW, the Dubai Tower is really butt ugly. If there's a contest for the world's sorest eyesore, it'd take it hands down.
@deehaw2 Take a look at how many new buildings are going up in NYC in the next few years. Right now the Empire State building is the tallest in the city but soon it will be dropped to 3rd or 4th in the city. NYC is about to get taller.
very nice video. i am a little jealous of the chinese skylines, the use of those colorful lights make them super nice, Chicago doesnt have much of that. Also i think DUBAI is the most "artificial city" and doesnt belong. i mean if you look at their city, all of the skyscrapers are on 1 major street. look at 5:05. u c what i mean. like if it was built overnite.
You know skylines don't have to include skyscrapers; personally I'd of added Paris to the list. Also no London. Well soon London's going to have a tower (Shard London Bridge) which will be as tall as the tallest in LA and it will be the tallest in Europe and way taller than the tallest in South Korea and Thailand... and Saudi Arabia, so yeeeeea!
@poortaiwanese I wasn't arguing anything. we've been talking about HK, not China. HK is pretty much 99% Cantonese Chinese people. I've never said India wasn't stable. It was you who implied otherwise by saying and I quote: "...look how it turned out." Unless I misunderstood you. Anyhoo, even though we're not talking about China here, FYI China has 56 ethnic minorities, but more than 95% of its 13 billion people are ethnic Chinese (Han). And everyone speaks Mandarin there.
@karlvinland true the asian skylines are overall the best but i only think that because theres so many skylines in asia. but i still stand with quality over quantity. and believe that the number 1 skyline is hong kong. chicago and ny take number 2 and 3.
Not so bad, but would be great if u could include, Reo de Jenero, Cape town, and Vancuar amung the top 10r instead of bankok and other chines cities, San francisco also has very beautiful skylines and surroundings and i dont prefer Tokyo amung top 10, it look same everwhere and almost same kind of surroundngs
lol WHEN WILL the U.S. ever pay back their debt??? Regardless of this debate, Hong Kong is definately a beautifully developing city. I hope to see many more buildings added to its modern looking skyline. I know that my city of Toronto is experiencing a buildings boom along the waterfront. Hopefully it will move its way up the list in another 10 years
Virtually all European, US and international banks operate in HK. As with all countries it's retail banking is dominated by local banks. The 'trifecta' (if there ever was such a thing) has long gone since the power has and will continue to shift to China. HK is hugely important to the rest of the world as it is China's link to the west. As we know most countries rely heavily on China, the US especially with 76% of it's debt owned by China. HK's had the freest economy in the world for 17 years...
@RobertsDigital I can respect your #1, but I don't think I can agree about CQ or GZ, they aren't in the same league as SF, Rio, London or possibly even LA or Cape Town.
3 skylines? Midtown, Downtown and.. Brooklyn? Newark? Only the two first are worth mentioning here. Otherwise you could also count Kowloon and other HK districts as well, not to talk about the length of the "original" HK skyline... "buildings over 200m" are = "highrises" for you? Anyway, according to Wikipedia HK has 52 and NY 50 of those...
There is too many Chinese cities here.Also, there should be Sidney(Australia),Rio de Janeiro(Brazil),Las Vegas(USA),and of course Paris (France),for Eiffel Tower alone.
i agree with dubais placement especially cuz it has the worlds tallest building. i also agree with NYC's placement becausr to be honest it has a beautiful skyline but the city itself like the roads and stuff are garbage...i disagree with chicago though.... i dont know who the hell made this to put it in 6th place !! chicago should be number ONE cuz if youve ever seen the skyline at sunset any day of the year fron the adler planetarium....DAMN!!! its the nicest most beautiful skyline in the world
The HK skyline(s) make NYC's look rubbish. I'm getting bored of people saying NYC is the best city in the world. More tall buildings in HK, better setting with mountains in the background, newer buildings, continuously developing and improving, financially stable, much better transport, healtier food and lifestyle, worlds best airport and airline, cheaper goods, zero tax, part of the manufacturing capital of the world, perfect geographical location for trade...
Toronto still has a beutiful skyline, it's amazing how many amazing pictures there are out there of Toronto. Lets hope that Toronto will get some new aditions to its skyline in the future, i think a skyscraper in the 1200-1300 ft range would compliment CN tower very well.
Great video and music. It was obvious the top 5, and in that correct order too! A few of the rest of the 15 were a pleasant surprise. Thanks for the vid!
This is my favorite of all the cityscape videos on UA-cam. The music mix and visuals are both beautiful and I play it morning after morning to brighten my mood 'til I get to Toronto, 400 km down the road from here, Ottawa, which just doesn't have the prosperity, or it does, for only the people that live outside the core where nothing gets built due to lousy policies. Because nothing's allowed that will overshadow the gov't buildings, but those are Victorian, as is the attitude.
Best skylines and best brother cities.!!
NY
TORONTO
CHICAGO
With an estimated 7500+ high-rise buildings, Hong Kong has earned itself the title of world's tallest city dwarfing its nearest competitor New York. Skyscrapers are the soul of the city, and it's estimated that Hong Kongers spend an average of two days each year in a lift. However, it's not only about size, and the city can be considered the style capital for skyscrapers, boasting some fantastic designs. Collectively, these banks of skyscrapers make for the most spectacular skyline in the world
in 3:59 here building another building next to those towers. The one on the left is almost 1700 ft tall, and the one on the right is over 1300 feet tall. There buliding the Shanhai Building which will be over 2000 feet tall next to those.
What I find, still amazing is that all of these chinese cities, just 20-30 years ago were so different that you wouldn't be able to tell. Just 30 years ago all of Shenzhen was just a sleepy little fishing village and now today. Its interesting to see what they will look like in another decade or so.
If Dubai continues to develop at the pace it is now in the future, Dubai will probably crack the top 2 within the next decade. That city has some crazy projects in the works.
its more aesthetically pleasing for sure. But NY has that history to it that definately makes it very unique. Its also a world city, indicating its importance to the world economy. I think its these factors that contribute to the aura of NY's greatness. Cuz really, u look at NY's skyline, theres just a bunch of aging skyscrapers, but it is this that makes it great in my mind.
Tokyo just added the Skytree (tallest tower in the world, 2nd tallest building in the world) , so now it should be higher in the rankings
Nice Vid! I'm glad that Shenzhen is 10.
Why Isn't There Toronto, Canada?
Lol Awesome Vid Though..
Mind If I Can use THis FOr School? Credit Will Be Done!
Cool video and it makes sense that Asian countries had the most representation, they make up half the Earths population therefore they are more dense. On the other hand anything can change as cities develop more projects in the future especially from the BRIC and N11 countries. Some of you need to go the source before posting a comment about this list.
@h10410 Hong Kong was not part of China until 1997. And by that time its skyline was pretty much already this beautiful. Hong Kong is as much a British product as a Chinese product.
@migueluspa dubai have more then 3 skylines ... 1) Shiekh Zayed Road , 2) Dubai Marina , 3) Dubai Creek ... what do you know
but normally we also count shorter buildings as highrises..
Do you think the Wikipedia entry is wrong and/or have another source?
@Immaculate210 Not at all, at least not at night. I get what you have in mind, but it isn't only about how many skyscrapers you have.
the New York City skyline is different now with 1 World Trade Center standing over 775 feet today. 5:45 & 5:48 looks different today
Proud to be a Hongkonger
k1if4acker as a chinese from HK,CHlNA .
nice vid... btw whats the music btwn 3:16 to 3:38...
Ok, but you have to admit that a building like ICC looks more massive and somehow "taller" because of its "compact" design than a "smaller" building with a giant spire
It's more dense and connected than the NY-Philly-Boston-DC cluster but not as the NY-NJ metro area. It depends on the definition.
But even only with Shenzhen HK can at least easily be compared to NY regarding that subject.
in another 20 years Dubai will be top 2 if their new developments keep springing up as fast as they are now
Waw very beautiful skyline especially jakarta that has amazing view ^
This was taken from an article in the Wall St Journal in 2006, so even New Yorkers are willing to admit that they are no.2. Since then there have been many additions to HK's overall height and zero in NYC. I'm pleased that you are passionate about your beliefs, but unfortunately "everything you think you know is wrong". If you look around NYC, huge portions are not even high rise. Virtually all buildings in HK are. Limited land means they have to build up - it's obvious.
dude, NY has way more concrete buildings than HK. A lot of NY's skyscrapers are aging now, with many being 60+ years old. If u look at HK 60 years ago, they had virtually no high rises. All of China's large cities have very modern skyscrapers, since they didnt have the technology to make such tall structures back when New York had handfuls of them and was in a construction boom period.
That's because of political and economical reasons (HK/ mainland China), usually they aren't counted as one metro area.
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Not sure what mix
Spanish city of Benidorm with population of only about 70 000 people has pretty cool skyline.
@ThePeeBottle 13 billion was a typo. Sorry about that. The census data that I used was from more than 10 years ago, so sorry about that too. But bottom line is it's well more than 90%. And you need not educate me what people speak in China. I'm from there FYI. Canton, in fact. Maybe I should correct my statement earlier from "everyone speaks Mandarin" to "everyone IS ABLE to speak Mandarin." Except Cantonese people > 60 years.....but that's a negligible factor cus we're Hans.
@Moshi2009Fire15
Yes you can use it:)
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FIRST SONG PLAYING!!! NOT FREELOADER
@mr13377 Hola, espero que me entiendas, Como se llaman las canciones?
Saludos desde mexico
my freind is from s korea he moved to winnipeg a few years ago
what is the name of the first song playing?
@mr13377 El skyline de la Ciudad de México crece muy rapido estan haciendo nuevos edificios en la ciudad de más de 200m tambien Guadalajara y Monterrey. Vamos México¿como se llama la segunda canción del video?
@gariadara sorry, if i came off as a know-it-all jerk, because i don't know it all, and im not a jerk ;))
i just thought you were implying that it's only mandarin in mainland china. because i get tired of people asking, for example, "what do you speak? cantonese? or chinese?" and the question doesn't even makes sense, until i found out the accepted false notion that mandarin is considered the only language in china.
my answer to their question is "i do speak chinese, in the form of hokkien" :D
@RobertsDigital But why? You've been there before?
You forgot to mention that Hong kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
with the One World Trade Center being built, I wounder if the ranks would change?
no vancouver?! but anyways good shit what you can do with Windows Movie Maker
What's the song at 3:20 called?
Thanks
Wow props to you for representing South Korea, the next best country in Asia (after Japan of course)
I don't need to do any extra research due to the fact that I am an engineer and have lived in both places. I suppose you have visited them though so your knowledge of the two cities must be vast...
no sao paulo brazil?
I don't think NYC deserves #2 because it basically doesn't have a good enough skyline at this point. The most unique were in Dubai, Malaysia, and some of China's.....But all the skylines were beautiful....overall.
Agreed
what's the fist song called?
@ThePeeBottle no kidding, I've actually met people who accused me of trying to claim Tibetan culture as part of Chinese culture by "inventing" that term, forming an unfounded link between Chinese and Tibetan languages.....I face palmed myself and left the vicinity.
@gariadara "FYI China has 56 ethnic minorities, but more than 95% of its 13 billion people are ethnic Chinese (Han). And everyone speaks Mandarin there."
actually it's 1.3 billion people, not 13 billion, and the han chinese are around 92% (1.2 B) of the population. even among the han, not everyone speaks mandarin there, although it's the most widely spoken language and sort of the lingua franca. they also speak cantonese (hong kong isnt the only place they speak it), or wu, hokkein, many others
compare size, total population and population density of both cities/ metropolitan areas - they're rel. alike regarding most of that, with the only exception "number of highrises" ;)
By the way, where's sao paulo or recife??, are they didn't have great skylines?
I live in Hong Kong and I'm serious it looks like that everyday even though I do get bored of it :/
nyc #1 in a few years maybe dubai but there having economic problems
HK is also a world city. More banks and financial institutions are based in HK than NYC and HK is no.1 in the world for IPO's. There are 70 million employees of HK companies in southern China alone making it one of, if not the most important city on earth for global trade. It is also part of the worlds oldest existing civilisation, providing a 'little bit' of history. NYC, and America as a whole is brand new in terms of it's inhabitants and urbanisation, and has very little history...
AWESOME
3rd biggest? that might be debatable too.. ;)
HK with Shenzhen comes to 17-20 mio and the merging area to the west with Guangzhou and Macau contains a population of 40-50 mio.
Ileave in New York too and I agree.New York City is as pretty as all those in China and Japan.
wheres sydney! or melbourne, they definetly both deserve to be in the top 20
@poortaiwanese being part of the West allowed gave western investors LOTS of freedom to put money into Hong Kong. And for the record, HK is one VERY racially homogeneous city whereas India is huge with about 8 million different human ethnicities and religion and language.
Statistically, these days HK beats NYC at almost everything I'm afraid. It's 2009, not 1909.
Hong Kong fully deserves the world's best skyline title as it's the only MASSIVE skyline that's silhouetted agst both tall mountains and a majestic harbour. Condolences to Singapore, Hong Kong's very jealous rival. BTW, the Dubai Tower is really butt ugly. If there's a contest for the world's sorest eyesore, it'd take it hands down.
@deehaw2 Take a look at how many new buildings are going up in NYC in the next few years. Right now the Empire State building is the tallest in the city but soon it will be dropped to 3rd or 4th in the city. NYC is about to get taller.
Whats the name of the son in the beginning?? =O
so cool, like a disco hit with a touch of Asian haha xD
very nice video. i am a little jealous of the chinese skylines, the use of those colorful lights make them super nice, Chicago doesnt have much of that. Also i think DUBAI is the most "artificial city" and doesnt belong. i mean if you look at their city, all of the skyscrapers are on 1 major street. look at 5:05. u c what i mean. like if it was built overnite.
You know skylines don't have to include skyscrapers; personally I'd of added Paris to the list. Also no London. Well soon London's going to have a tower (Shard London Bridge) which will be as tall as the tallest in LA and it will be the tallest in Europe and way taller than the tallest in South Korea and Thailand... and Saudi Arabia, so yeeeeea!
however, technically it is
@poortaiwanese I wasn't arguing anything. we've been talking about HK, not China. HK is pretty much 99% Cantonese Chinese people. I've never said India wasn't stable. It was you who implied otherwise by saying and I quote: "...look how it turned out." Unless I misunderstood you. Anyhoo, even though we're not talking about China here, FYI China has 56 ethnic minorities, but more than 95% of its 13 billion people are ethnic Chinese (Han). And everyone speaks Mandarin there.
Hong Kong has THE BEST SKYLINE in the world. All thanks to the Hong Kong people and the UK.
God save Hong Kong!!
How can you forget Pyongyang?! The pyramid hotel is more than enough validation ;p.
@karlvinland true the asian skylines are overall the best but i only think that because theres so many skylines in asia. but i still stand with quality over quantity. and believe that the number 1 skyline is hong kong. chicago and ny take number 2 and 3.
Not so bad, but would be great if u could include, Reo de Jenero, Cape town, and Vancuar amung the top 10r instead of bankok and other chines cities, San francisco also has very beautiful skylines and surroundings and i dont prefer Tokyo amung top 10, it look same everwhere and almost same kind of surroundngs
lol WHEN WILL the U.S. ever pay back their debt???
Regardless of this debate, Hong Kong is definately a beautifully developing city. I hope to see many more buildings added to its modern looking skyline. I know that my city of Toronto is experiencing a buildings boom along the waterfront. Hopefully it will move its way up the list in another 10 years
Virtually all European, US and international banks operate in HK. As with all countries it's retail banking is dominated by local banks. The 'trifecta' (if there ever was such a thing) has long gone since the power has and will continue to shift to China. HK is hugely important to the rest of the world as it is China's link to the west. As we know most countries rely heavily on China, the US especially with 76% of it's debt owned by China. HK's had the freest economy in the world for 17 years...
taller than anything? only if you include spires, in roof height HK stil has 484m compared to the 417m of 1WTC..
wow china has a lot of beautiful cities. I'm very happy my home city of New York as number 2!
it is
@RobertsDigital I can respect your #1, but I don't think I can agree about CQ or GZ, they aren't in the same league as SF, Rio, London or possibly even LA or Cape Town.
pray for japan
i hope tsunami will not destroy tokyo
tokyo is one of the best skyline
@cheesemaster1000 ok, I really should have read the description first
Ah there is Toronto.
i think Manila is in the 13th best Skyline in the World in 2012
what is the song -3:40 :DD
orly?
@bluefrappe13 thanks for mentioning manila .. coz ill lived here in the rizal,philippines not in manila...
Don't be biased - check out "the world's best skylines" or the world's most respected skyscraper website "Emporis" regarding "most highrises"... xD
Manila is 14th now FYI.
Chicago has the best skyline period
3 skylines? Midtown, Downtown and.. Brooklyn? Newark? Only the two first are worth mentioning here. Otherwise you could also count Kowloon and other HK districts as well, not to talk about the length of the "original" HK skyline...
"buildings over 200m" are = "highrises" for you? Anyway, according to Wikipedia HK has 52 and NY 50 of those...
Fuck yes, my hometown Hong Kong as number 1
WOOHOO!
Kakinou HK is my number one hometown
There is too many Chinese cities here.Also, there should be Sidney(Australia),Rio de Janeiro(Brazil),Las Vegas(USA),and of course Paris (France),for Eiffel Tower alone.
More and more HIGH RISE BUILDINGS are coming to Bangkok. Also the Bangkok eye like London eye is coming very soon.
Where is Mexico city (Mèxico) and Sao Paulo (Brasil)? too there skylines in latin america, too whit Panama city
hello METRO MANILA,PHILIPPINES is now 14th this list is wrong seoul is 13th and panama there na uh!?
Actually HK has more sky scrapers than NYC.
@hrtwphockey2000
Um, no they arn't - HK has 30+ of the worlds tallest buildings...
No surprise that this list is ranked purely by combined building height. Most of these skylines are ugly as hell.
i agree with dubais placement especially cuz it has the worlds tallest building. i also agree with NYC's placement becausr to be honest it has a beautiful skyline but the city itself like the roads and stuff are garbage...i disagree with chicago though.... i dont know who the hell made this to put it in 6th place !! chicago should be number ONE cuz if youve ever seen the skyline at sunset any day of the year fron the adler planetarium....DAMN!!! its the nicest most beautiful skyline in the world