City with Best Skyline in the World?

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#1 Slaveways
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Helpful List: http://www.diserio.com/top15-skylines.html

Hong Kong has more skyscrapers than any other city and it looks fantastic at night but during the day the majority of the buildings are rather plain and ugly looking imo. New York City has the most buildings over two hundred metres and of course statue of liberty. Pittsburgh doesn't have many, but it's just has a cool look imo. Also, don't forget dubai; they currenly have the the tallest building in the world. Overall though, I'd have to go with NYC.

I wish my city had a better skyline. I live in Phoenix and there only about 50 or so tall buildings with the tallest only 480 feet :(. What city do you think has the best skyline?

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#2 Dnadolny
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Saskatchewan.
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#3 Tjeremiah1988
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NYC (Manhattan). Cant let my city down. No one can beat it.
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#4 deactivated-5901ac91d8e33
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Frankfurt am Main or Paris...no contest.

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#5 resistance93
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Manhatten :)
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For me I think it would be Shanghai
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#7 GabuEx
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No Vancouver? Come on. Look at its Pacific Northwestern beauty!

Hong Kong's just got a bunch of boring ol' buildings.

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#8 DigitalExile
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Sydney.

http://si.smugmug.com/photos/121703751_wHHGg-M-1.jpg

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#9 6_volts
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Sao Paulo or Rio de Janeiro.
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#10 -AK47-
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vancouver or toronto!
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Pre-9/11 NYC

I mean seriously it was wonderfull

i just loved sitting down under the brooklyn bridge just looking at the skyline

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#13 Slaveways
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No Vancouver? Come on. Look at its Pacific Northwestern beauty!

Hong Kong's just got a bunch of boring ol' buildings.

GabuEx

Lol i hadn't even considered vancouver but your absolutely right it is beautiful! I'll definitely look into visiting there sometime

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#14 blazinpuertoroc
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Sydney.

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wow thats amazing
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#15 MgamerBD
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NYC (Manhattan). Cant let my city down. No one can beat it. Tjeremiah1988

I agree can't betray NY.

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#16 Meta-Gnostic
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MEXICO CITY!

MEXICO CITY

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#17 DeeJayInphinity
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Chicago. Hands down. All of the other cities have dull skylines when compared to Chicago's magnificent skyline.
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#18 IZoMBiEI
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MEXICO CITY!

MEXICO CITY

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lol that actually might win for ugliest skyline most def.

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#19 IZoMBiEI
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of course like everyone else Im going to vote for the city I live in :P

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#20 Bloodbath_87
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I have to agree with that list. I had a wallpaper of Hong Kong for a few months this year.
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#21 Juggernaut140
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Dubai
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#22 markop2003
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i lliked NYC, San fran, Boston, Singapore, Sao paolo and melborne, though i can't pick out just one

really want to live in one of these big cities when i'm older

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#23 LJS9502_basic
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Has to be NYC....no doubt.

Though it was nice to see Pittsburgh listed under honorable mention. Not as big as NYC....but has a character all it's own.

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#24 escapeoftheape
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its either NYC or Hong Kong.

ive only been to NYC, and it was amazing, so i voted for it :)

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#25 CommanderShiro
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Scrolling through that list was very enjoyable for me.
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#26 Mr_Lurker
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DubaiJuggernaut140

I lived there for a year, nothing but half finished buildings :(

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#27 ShamrockRovers
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Helpful List: http://www.diserio.com/top15-skylines.html

Hong Kong has more skyscrapers than any other city and it looks fantastic at night but during the day the majority of the buildings are rather plain and ugly looking imo. New York City has the most buildings over two hundred metres and of course statue of liberty. Pittsburgh doesn't have many, but it's just has a cool look imo. Also, don't forget dubai; they currenly have the the tallest building in the world. Overall though, I'd have to go with NYC.

I wish my city had a better skyline. I live in Phoenix and there only about 50 or so tall buildings with the tallest only 480 feet :(. What city do you think has the best skyline?

Slaveways

Your sad that the tallest building in your city is only 480 feet, The tallest building in my city is only 60 meters.

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#28 TheOddQuantum
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No Vancouver? Come on. Look at its Pacific Northwestern beauty!

*pic*

Hong Kong's just got a bunch of boring ol' buildings.

GabuEx

I used to have that view from my house.Or at least asimilar one. Could see the whole of west Van.

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#29 druglord6
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no london = phail

i mean it certainly doesnt have the biggest skyscrapers or watever but at night it is a beautiful sight to see.....as long as you dont get stabbed xD

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#30 markop2003
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[QUOTE="Slaveways"]

Helpful List: http://www.diserio.com/top15-skylines.html

Hong Kong has more skyscrapers than any other city and it looks fantastic at night but during the day the majority of the buildings are rather plain and ugly looking imo. New York City has the most buildings over two hundred metres and of course statue of liberty. Pittsburgh doesn't have many, but it's just has a cool look imo. Also, don't forget dubai; they currenly have the the tallest building in the world. Overall though, I'd have to go with NYC.

I wish my city had a better skyline. I live in Phoenix and there only about 50 or so tall buildings with the tallest only 480 feet :(. What city do you think has the best skyline?

ShamrockRovers

Your sad that the tallest building in your city is only 480 feet, The tallest building in my city is only 60 meters.

the tallest in my city is 554 feet though it's much taller than any other in the city by nearly 200 feet

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Has to be NYC....no doubt.

Though it was nice to see Pittsburgh listed under honorable mention. Not as big as NYC....but has a character all it's own.

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We are no longer friends. :x:P
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#33 samven582
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noting beats NYC!
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#34 ChevelleFan
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Tokyo should be in the poll. Tokyo is probably the most impressive as far as size and vastness, but as far as beauty I think it is a tie between Hong Kong and Singapore.
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#35 Ace6301
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Vancouver easily. NYC is just the tops of a bunch of buildings while Vancouver is framed by mountains and has some very interesting structures too. NYC beats it easily as far as buildings go but in a whole Vancouver beats it. It's also pretty often voted in the top 10 for North American citys by a few magazines. I don't live there either, I live across from it on the island.
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#36 deactivated-6016f2513d412
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Yeah, New York City (Manhattan)'s skyline is sincerely breathtaking. I was just amazed when I saw it for the first time.

I'm also a big fan of Philadelphia's skyline. It's not really as "impressive" or anything as New York's, but I still love it and think it's really neat..

Here's the link to the Philly page on that site: http://www.diserio.com/philadelphiaskyline.html

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#37 Brainkiller05
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 didn't think Liverpool looked so cool 8)
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#38 _Brennan_
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NYC
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#39 dogel99
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Nothing can beat that of Seattle, Washington. It is amazingly beautiful.

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#40 entropyecho
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Hands down Fargo, North Dakota!

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#41 deactivated-6016f2513d412
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Hands down Fargo, North Dakota!

entropyecho

Hey, I'm from Fargo. :P Yeah, Fargo's "skyline" isn't exactly impressive...

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#42 entropyecho
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[QUOTE="entropyecho"]

Hands down Fargo, North Dakota!

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Hey, I'm from Fargo. :P Yeah, Fargo's "skyline" isn't exactly impressive...

I loved your movie!:P

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#43 deactivated-6016f2513d412
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[QUOTE="t3hrubikscube"][QUOTE="entropyecho"]

Hands down Fargo, North Dakota!

entropyecho

Hey, I'm from Fargo. :P Yeah, Fargo's "skyline" isn't exactly impressive...

I loved your movie!:P

Haha, I loved it too! Unfortunately its representation of the people from around here isn't even that much of an exaggeration. :P

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#44 The_Mac_Daddy
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I could say Houston, since that's where I live.. but I think it's kind of boring. It's not on the water like a lot of cities:

I did always think the street signs uptown were always pretty cool:

But overall, I'd say I like NYC the best...

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#45 helium_flash
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I've only been to six of those cities (Singapore, Quebec, Boston, Philly, NYC, Seoul). I have to give it to NYC easily.
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#46 freshgman
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nyc or toronto
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[QUOTE="Juggernaut140"]DubaiMr_Lurker

I lived there for a year, nothing but half finished buildings :(

They have a quarter of the world's cranes!

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#48 trickmyster13
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I am going to have to say Seattle, Austin, and San Francisco have the best skylines.
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#49 d51man
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Chicago, becuase I live here. Seriously though, it's beautiful.
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#50 thelastguy
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No Vancouver? Come on. Look at its Pacific Northwestern beauty!

Hong Kong's just got a bunch of boring ol' buildings.

GabuEx

I agree, Vancouver definitely has the best skyline.