Can you name the world cities with the most highrise buildings (at least 12 stories or 115 feet tall)? by biff_smiff

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World Cities with the Most Highrises Quiz

by biff_smiff

Created Oct 2, 2009 in Geography
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	Geo_Crazy:	Oct 3rd, 2009 at 00:29 GMT		7 points
	a very fun quiz. Canada has a lot of tall buildings per capita.

	biff_smiff:	Oct 3rd, 2009 at 01:28 GMT		2 points
	I have also made a US only version: http://www.sporcle.com/games/biff_smiff/us_highrise

	urban_nomad:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 17:44 GMT		2 points
	This quiz baffles me. I can't believe that these cities (and all the others that didn't make the list) have so few highrises. 12 stories is not a tall building... Great quiz.

	NYNarwhal:	Oct 25th, 2009 at 17:18 GMT		4 points
	I find it particularly surprising that Washington DC makes this list, considering nothing (except the washington monument) is allowed to be taller than the capitol.

	Gleece:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 20:04 GMT		3 points
	I never associated tall buildings with Canada. I will now.

	ceiiinosssttuu:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 20:28 GMT		2 points
	Washington, DC?

	HudsonHawk:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 21:18 GMT		3 points
	As others have noted, Washington seems strange. I found this in the source notes, which may explain it (presuming Arlington, VA might be in the numbers): "The cities listed here do not all follow the same rules for boundary limitations. Some of the cities are metropolitan regions comprised of two or more municipalities, while others are single municipalities. A more consistent list of cities will be developed in time."

	DLJessup:	Feb 18th, 2010 at 22:58 GMT		3 points
	@NYNarwhal: The rule about nothing (except the Washington Monument) being allowed to be taller than the Capitol hasn't been on the books for a century. The 1889 Heights of Buildings Act was amended in 1910 so that the height limit is the width of the facing street plus twenty feet.

	micah:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 03:28 GMT		5 points
	Honolulu? Wow.

	adamnvillani:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 04:58 GMT		2 points
	Man, I should have guessed Honolulu; it's full of 15-story apartment buildings and 20-story hotels. Vancouver's downtown is huge and full of people; it feel more urban than anything else on the west coast except San Francisco.

	Trotbot:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 09:44 GMT		2 points
	I managed to get Ottawa but forgot Tokyo.

	midlifecrisis:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 16:44 GMT		2 points
	Honolulu - never would have guessed that one

	Tabasco:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 16:48 GMT		6 points
	For all those surprised by the large number of Canadian and American cities: skyscraperpage is based on input by its members, the site is anglophone so most of the visitors are from anglophone countries. If the list was an actual representation of highrises, very few American cities (probably 2 or 3) and Canadian cities (probably 1 or 2) would be on the list.

	Fiorentina:	Feb 19th, 2010 at 19:04 GMT		4 points
	Yeah sure man. Like Washington DC has more highrises than Manila, Seoul or Osaka

	Ayreonaut:	Feb 20th, 2010 at 19:18 GMT		3 points
	These might just be the numbers that SSP has diagrams for. Sao Pulo is a sea of highrises, as are most Chinese and South American cities.

	billytorbay:	Feb 21st, 2010 at 20:55 GMT		5 points
	HudsonHawk and Tabasco make good points. This source is highly suspicious. I've lived in Seoul and been to Toronto a dozen times. I highly doubt Toronto has more high-rises, and certainly not 5 or 6 times as many. I call BS.

	themanintraining:	Jun 10th, 2010 at 06:55 GMT		2 points
	this quiz doesn't even follow it's own source. what the heck?

	diving:	Dec 30th, 2010 at 05:00 GMT		1 point
	For consistency the list should read "Washington, USA" without DC - including DC is like "Dallas, TX, USA" or "Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada" which is not how the rest of the quiz is listed - look at the source or look at the US census (http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/11/1150000.html) "Washington" alone is listed as the city name

	Aristocles:	Jan 16th, 2011 at 23:36 GMT		-1 points
	A much more fair list. I knew NYC had the most by far. As for Canada's strange strength in the list, I can see that works if one considers that this counts only the city proper. I know that the suburbs of Asian cities rarely have much in the way of high rises, so it isn't really warping the list too much. If American high rises in the suburbs were counted, the USA would dominate the list more than it already does. I'm also happy to see a list which finally puts Hong Kong, Dubai and Shanghai in their place; far BENEATH New York and Chicago!

	ridd02:	May 30th, 2012 at 00:57 GMT		2 points
	wildly innacurate, Sao Paulo has skyscrapers stretching as far as the eye can see, the idea of Ottawa or Washington having more high-rises is absurd

	guitarattack:	Apr 6th, 2013 at 03:06 GMT		1 point
	Don't think this is accurate at all. Both Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are packed with apartment buildings with > 14 stories. A bunch of cities in China such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen have a 20 story building in every corner, and if you go to Taipei, Osaka it's the same.