Thanks for the compilation. You must have put a lot of effort into making this! And even though some people may have different opinions about the rankings, you have to be given credit for all the work and effort you put into this. This was great.
in my opinion the list is: 1 - New York 2 - ... 3 - ... 4 - Hong Kong 5 - Dubai 6 - Chicago 7 - Toronto 8 - shanghai 9 - Miami 10 - singapure 11 - houston 12 - Atlanta & Boston
@rogercabronn2 New York is a piece of Shit compared to Hong Kong. Hong kong is wicked!
New York cannot be compared to Hong Kong. This one I am 100% sure. Seen what both cities look like. Not only is Hong Kong more futuristic and advanced, but it is cleaner. New york is not even the best city in North America, its just an overrated city.
good/solid list....better than most idiots list with the same popular citys....u acutally got some cities that deserve to be on the list that most people have never even heard of....
You can't judge it from pictures, you got to go there and see them by yourself. The cities I have been to are NY, Chicago, Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Shanghai, Beijing, LA, SanFrancisco, I will rank these cities' skylines as 1. Chicago 2. NY 3. Shanghai 4. Beijing 5. Toronto 6. San Francisco 7. Vancouver 8. LA 9. Montreal I agree that HongKong is No.1 skylines. Chicago and Vancouver are my favorite cities overall.
@aidgebo Wow, that was dumb. I'm half Thai. Yes, I've been to Thailand, especially Bangkok, a few times. No, I don't think Thailand is like Laos, Cambodia, or Vietnam. Hell, lets add Burma (Myanmar) to that list. I know Bangkok's a big city, but compared to other cities in the list, I didn't think it would fare so well.
@roxyosox122 your father name is john right ha ha and your mom is hooker in thailand good damn you are son of hooker in Na na or patpong that wahts your parent met before have you LOL
Too many Chinese cities. This list ignores some far superior skylines than some of the Chinese cities you listed. What about San Francisco, Los Angeles, Rio, Paris, London, Vancouver?
@highpointe1000 most chinese city they just fucking builded in 90" you can see during 1989 riot communist they just open contry in many chinese city people still ride bicycle so poor
@rahado As of now, the Spire is on hold. The developer can't get financing, has been closing offices in and around Chicago b/c of money problems, and there's been no action on the site since 2008. The foundation is done so something will get built there eventually, but it's on hold.
Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao tops the list of favorite architecture from the past 30 years in a survey of experts by Vanity Fair. Guggenheim Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, which has been called 'the greatest building of our time' by the famous US architect Philip Johnson which brought tears when it was unveiled in 1998.
Some of the asian and latin american cities do not have the aesthetics of some of the american cities but Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Dubai have terrific skylines. Dallas, Houston, Toronto, Seattle are underrated and Moscow, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and some of the poorer chinese cities overrated. New York is also overrated in aesthetics
IMO, you know little of what constitutes a great skyline. Tall office towers are the key. Places you've named in Asia ans S.America with countless grubby, cheap public housing buildings count for little. Nothing comes close to NYC with Chicago a commendable second. There are no cites in the US with more office floor space than Melbourne and Sydney. Melbourne also has a 90 story apartment tower (the tallest building in the southern hemisphere). And Paris?
@spiritbreakerz who cares about singapore? it aint as powerful and famous as new york or london on world stage, whatever happens in wall street, it effects the entire earth, just look up the previous global recession
sydney city is number 21, no fucking way.....have u seen our skyline during new years eve, everybody comes to sydney cause we have the best skyline to show case it....I might be bias, im not saying we have the best skyline in the world, but number 21 is an under statement. Sydney is definitely a top 10 or top 5
Very well thought out list. Refreshing to see the inclusion of so many asian cities. Most people in the US have no clue as to what is going on over there, I didn't see Dalian, China..Was it in the top 50?
@chinagansta jealous that my country is going down? What??? you don't make any sence. How is my country going down? As far as I know, The U.S.A. is put in one place and can't move anywhere ells. lol it's physically imposible for any country to move up or down. Nations don't move, people move. hahahaha Asians cities are boring just like the rest of Asia. The only interesting place in Asia is Tokyio and that's it. At least they have fashion sense and don't stink.
There's no way Sydney comes in at only 21..? what is this..?! Sydney has the worlds largest and most beautiful natural habour...! sydney is usually ranked as the worlds numba 1# most beauitul city in the world by international travel agencies and magazines!
Houston? not really much of a skyline compared to most of the other skylines here. Most American cities are spread out (we have land) so they are horizontal and not known for sweeping skylines. I think cities with sweeping dense and tall skylines should win out especially those where people live not just work. Thats for towers at least like hong kong.
Many European cities are low profile - like London Paris both architecturally rich and livable.
These skylines are the "best" based essentially on who has the most tall buildings.
What about a beautiful skyline of lower height, historic buildings. Just building a load of highrises isn't that great. Quite like a reasonable cluster of skyscrapers, then lower lying buildings, with significant parks and green spaces. Houston looked quite nice. China looked pritty ugly. But if your obsessed with highrises I can see the obvious attraction.
New York is no match. New York is not even number 2. With all the dog poop on the streets and pollution on the streets NYC is getting old although it still has its cool features though.
Chicago beats New York by far in terms of coolness and modern stuff. Therefore Chicago is better than New York and as a matter of fact Chicago will have more modern futuristic skyscrapes in the future while NYC will just be the opposite..
Other cities that may look like Hong Kong within the next 30 years are Chicago,London,Tokyo,Dubai (if they have the bucks),Montreal,Panama(if they have the money),Toronto,Vancouver, San Francisco, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi
These are cities that are likely to evolve easily and look futuristic within the next 30years.
As for NYC i dont know if there will be much developments but other US cities will definitely look better in a few years time. Chicago is already better than NYC shanghai is next
dude i live in san antonio,tx and i gotta say we only have like 12 buildings that rise over 300ft we have no futureistic buildings.all of are buildings are sand colors
@RobertsDigital I didn't think Vancouver would make the list. More office space than all but maybe 6-7 in North America, but few buildings over 35 stories. Best scenery though, looking North to the Mountains across the water.
actually the motor car was invented in England. As was the aeroplane, the train, the subway, and probably anything else you can think of. England is world famous for its engineers. The only problem is, we did everything first, so now our stuff is the oldest, and others have improved upon our original designs. London was the first global city.
We invented the engine the most inportant part of the car but the Germans were the first to build the car but in a way england still makes the most and best engines while germany is far behind
@bknives It's the same in the US. We industrialized about a 15 yrs behind England so our our metropolises are quite dated. The younger cities are very modern in their appearance though. Asia is bound to have the worlds most modern cities due to population in a late developing nation. China builds an entirely new city the combined size of Chicago and Detroit put together ANNUALLY!
@bknives BTW. The perception of English engineers is that they are highly imaginative but poorly execute designs. German engineers are unimaginative but execute flawlessly. Japanese engineers are brilliant but impractical. American engineers are brilliant but management doesn't like the cost of innovation, no matter how slight, so in order to look good in the quarterly BSC they ignore payback, slash cost/quality, KILL MY DESIGN and shit designs are reused. I'm an ME and these weasels suck!
People who think NYC has better skyline than Hong Kong are likely Americans who have never been to Hong Kong. Hong Kong's skycrapers are much more futuristic than NYC's. Just when many Americans think NYC's public transit is second to none, Hong Kong's subway makes NYC's look dirty, inefficient, poor, and third-world. It's funny how people have no idea how many things are far from the best here.
Chicago has some taller buildings, but NY has a lot more buildings as it is a much larger city in scope. I'm not sure if you've even visited other countries, but I also prefer Hong Kong and Tokyo's skyline to Chicago.
Haha. Chicago inventing the skyscraper is untrue, and it's also debatable that city built the 1st modern skyscraper as similar buildings were designed in England decades before the Home Insurance building in Chi-town. I'm american too, but you really shouldn't ethnocentric. It really makes americans look bad. As a neutral observer from the west coast (where we have very little buidlings at all), I much felt that Chicago was mini NYC and prefer the New York skyline
and yea ive been to nyc, and from i-95 the only building that stood out to me was the empire state building! in Chicago you could see the skyline as far from 40+ miles away if nuthin is blockin ur view! since its so spread out and tall you could see Chicago's Sears Tower from 35,000 ft high in a airplane easy! but as of right now Chicago does have a taller skyline then Hong Kong, but i think HK is building a 1,800 foot building but Chicago is building a 2,000 footer, so ether way its taller.
yep CHICAGO invented the skyscaper! thanks to AMERICA u ppl know what a skyscaper is!Chicago does have the worlds best skyline in my opinion, but in most professional list, this guy isnt professional,i could make a list myself! anyway most professional list go like dis!
1.Hong Kong
2.Chicago
3.New York
idk way nyc is always in the top spots becuz it has alot of small buildings,i guess they count the number of buildings a city has plus how nicely placed the skyline is!Chicago sud be 1st
Exactly! Shanghai looks horrible, Dubai is just 5 buildings in the middle of a desert. Ok,New York and Hong Kong have nice skylines but Chicago should be first!
@BACMPKC The first skyscraper was built in Giza, Egypt over 4000 years ago not to mention the stepped pyramid at Djoser which is even older. Many more were built between then and the appearance of the first modern skyscraper in Chicago ie. Great Cathedrals of Europe, Stone towers in Italy incl. the Tower at Pisa, The Eiffel Tower, Minurets/Great Mosques, The Great lighthouse at Alexandria, Chichen Itza in Mexico, etc.
Heck, even the Washington Monument could be included (completed in 1884.)
@BACMPKC Wrong fact. The 1st real skyscraper (over 1000 ft tall) ever built was actually the Eiffel tower in 1889. Chicago or anything else came later. The sad thing is my sweet hometown Paris has fallen a bit asleep since then... It's gonna wake up and be insolent again X-) ha!
Cheers and sincere respect to beautiful Australia, Canada, the US, and of course Europe.
this is based off of number of tall buildings :/ dont like that way of deciding the best skyline. it should be about city scape and archetecture. seattle should be like number 10 or higher. just about all chinese cities(hong kong exception) are hideous people are just busy gaga'ing over the 5 good buildings they have and dont realize that every buildings looks like it came out of the trash heap.
I do find the NYC is #1 and the leave China out posts amusing. As the world economies shift so does the nature of the cities with the biggest growth and development. 30 years ago USA/North America would have dominated a list such as this - that is no longer the case
Dubai is a skyline to watch as is Moscow - that place is changing so quickly it is disorientating
And how'd I'd know Hong Kong would be number??? Yeah HK and Shanghai are impressive but they don't even come near touching NYC. This was a total waste of my time watching this crap
You've obviously never left the little town you come from! NO PLACE even comes close in comparison especially not Hong Kong which is slightly impressive to me. And I'm an LA born girl so this is saying ALOT!
Well, I live in Melbourne and I have been to NYC for a few times. I think NYC skyline is actually worse than even Seattle, Melbourne and Sydney. Dense and tall are the only two words I can describe NYC skyline. Simply dense and tall don't make a good skyline.
Seattle isn't pretty nor do I think Melbourne looks like anything special but I'll agree that Sydney is beautiful. But in my opinion NO place comes close to NYC. It's not dense and tall now that the Twin Towers are gone but then again maybe I am just used to the way American cities are. I think it is absolutely gorgeous and breathtaking. And yeah I understand how someone could say it's dense but I think it's spead out pretty well.
You should've called this the best skylines in CHINA and a few others in the world. Next time, make one of Asian cities separate from the other cities as it's very obvious you're partial to China and the rest of Asia. This was very disappointing. I'm sick of looking at China!
Nonsense. The BEST skylines are in Europe, you berk. And you don't need a link. Just LOOK AROUND YOU. Unless you are not in Europe, then you probably need the strength to type in "European skyline" on Google.
No new construction in the USA? Chicago just finished the Trump Tower. Which is now the 2nd tallest in the city. Beautiful building too, check it out.
hong kong wins??? how is that possible if hanoi have much more impressive skyline???? hanoi is rapidly developing while hk has no more land to expand, don't forget how small your island is compared to vietnam. hong kong is the size of los angeles while vietnam is the size of texas
Despite having a much larger population, their their gdp(nominal) are still lower. Juz look at the difference between per capita. Its like an avg hongkong dude earns 30x more money then a viet dude..lol. Btw hongkong is part of China so how can they not have enough land to expand?
i can easily type in numbers and call it "gdp" per capita! lol what a loser! chinese are all poor, there are only a FEW rich chinese. on average, the world has more rich vietnamese than chinese, and we're talking percentage wise! don't forget, vietnam is improving rapidly!
Easily type a number? I got the source from wikpedia. Chinese poor? Im a chinese from singapore and our per capita is higher then japan/USA etc. Check Vietnamese Mail Order Bride on youtube.
show u source?????? lol why chinese always need evidence in everything, chinese cannot be trusted yet they demand evidence! hahaha i will not give u that satisfaction chinese person, u can fool others, but u will not fool me! vietnam has more impressive skyline than hong kong.
no, you just think u waster your time, but in reality you know i am right when i say vietnam have better skyline than honk kong, good try in making me believe hk is actually better than vietnam. lol good day to you! vietnam number 1
no, that is not true. vietnam is not better than those countries because those are developed 1st world countries! hk is merely a tiny island compared to vietnam, so therefore vietnam is obviously better than HK ten times over! i respect singapore, usa, japan, korea. except for china and hk. =)
Oh yea tiny island what about singapore? They had a population of 4million. Gonna look down on it now? Their GDP is equivalent to Hongkong. What does HK mean to you now?
and vietnam is 70 times bigger than hk, we have room to expand, the only place hk have room to expand is UP. sooner or later, going to run out of room, while vietnam have so many space available =)
it's called HK island. sure majority of chinese live there and it may be part of china, but its still an ISLAND =) so vietnam is still BETTER than HK "I S L A N D"
malaysia such a beautiful country...from brasil..
sulopJR 1 month ago
Actually new York is bigger then all. These cities hit enter to early last comment
bubbajay716 2 months ago
Actually new York is bigger then al
bubbajay716 2 months ago
Thanks for the compilation. You must have put a lot of effort into making this! And even though some people may have different opinions about the rankings, you have to be given credit for all the work and effort you put into this. This was great.
AsianBoy13579 5 months ago
Houston number 20 should be 8.
TexasSniper7 5 months ago
Hong Kong is Wicked...!
RobertsDigital 6 months ago
vancouver has a pretty skyline.not that high but very beautiful.
Hawk816816 7 months ago
Asian cities are hideous they have absolutely no character
London, Paris, New York, Rome, Berlin, Chicago are nice cities.
BackInAGiffy 7 months ago
if you guys come to Hong Kong, you will probably agree with this.
alex1591234 7 months ago
in my opinion the list is: 1 - New York 2 - ... 3 - ... 4 - Hong Kong 5 - Dubai 6 - Chicago 7 - Toronto 8 - shanghai 9 - Miami 10 - singapure 11 - houston 12 - Atlanta & Boston
rogercabronn2 7 months ago
@rogercabronn2 New York is a piece of Shit compared to Hong Kong. Hong kong is wicked!
New York cannot be compared to Hong Kong. This one I am 100% sure. Seen what both cities look like. Not only is Hong Kong more futuristic and advanced, but it is cleaner. New york is not even the best city in North America, its just an overrated city.
RobertsDigital 6 months ago
Bangkok Thailand....
zhangsilpakorn 8 months ago
lol u put an Aukland NZ skyline pic for Sydney
bmxracer91 8 months ago
London all the way. It's on limestone so we can't build really high but would do otherwise
christschinwon 8 months ago
fuck yes hong kong! <3
mesophyllcell 9 months ago
good/solid list....better than most idiots list with the same popular citys....u acutally got some cities that deserve to be on the list that most people have never even heard of....
LASVEGASGHETTO 9 months ago
dubai is the best of all of them
aimy1233 9 months ago
chicago all the way
sonnystaystrong 11 months ago
hell yea MIAMI!!!!!
dimebagdemon626 11 months ago
Um ny should be #1 the skyline nvr ends! L
richkid131 11 months ago
is it only for usa & asia where is europe? i haven't even seen UK
saafifilms 11 months ago
Theres no greater skyline than that of Hong Kong!
EUR7729KCO 1 year ago
Houston made the top 20! Cool!
HTownCountryFan 1 year ago
Dubai's nonn-existing skyline being at number three makes this entire list a joke.
yesterdaysdreamer 1 year ago
searchnetful 1 year ago
I think Shanghai was the best!
daxeboy9 1 year ago
too much China...
giovanigcp3 1 year ago
Hong Kong!!!!
fbilch 1 year ago
How come there weren't any African cities. South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania have the best cities
hsmohamed99 1 year ago
As if Sydney isnt the best looking?
scottclements78 1 year ago
Chicago the Birth of modern skyscrapers
megaipodfan 1 year ago
Where is Warsaw?
R7pl 1 year ago
Chicago should be number 4
TheRandomname538 1 year ago
new york is numbe one for sure
s706927 1 year ago
I say Calgary in the top 25
mikeeloc1 1 year ago
WATS THE NAME OF THE SONG!!!!!!
brooklyny1 1 year ago
BAHUABUHBAAHU obviously someone on drugs did that list...jesus..
L1v3C4m 1 year ago
Wait what? O.o Considering how much Thai pride I have, I'm quite surprised that Bangkok is number 7. How?
roxyosox122 1 year ago
@roxyosox122 for god sake are you still live in the jungle or cave bitch have you ever been aboad you watch too much fucking CNN american papagada
dont' you think thailand look like lao vietnam cambodia bitch they are capitalist contry for 100 years fool
aidgebo 1 year ago
@aidgebo Wow, that was dumb. I'm half Thai. Yes, I've been to Thailand, especially Bangkok, a few times. No, I don't think Thailand is like Laos, Cambodia, or Vietnam. Hell, lets add Burma (Myanmar) to that list. I know Bangkok's a big city, but compared to other cities in the list, I didn't think it would fare so well.
roxyosox122 1 year ago
@roxyosox122 your father name is john right ha ha and your mom is hooker in thailand good damn you are son of hooker in Na na or patpong that wahts your parent met before have you LOL
aidgebo 1 year ago
sucks Americans
KSAspark 1 year ago
Too many Chinese cities. This list ignores some far superior skylines than some of the Chinese cities you listed. What about San Francisco, Los Angeles, Rio, Paris, London, Vancouver?
highpointe1000 1 year ago
@highpointe1000 most chinese city they just fucking builded in 90" you can see during 1989 riot communist they just open contry in many chinese city people still ride bicycle so poor
aidgebo 1 year ago
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highpointe1000 1 year ago
dont forget the spire chigago tower the tallest building in north amaerica in 2015
rahado 1 year ago
@rahado SPIRE WONT BE BUILT
brooklyny1 1 year ago
@rahado As of now, the Spire is on hold. The developer can't get financing, has been closing offices in and around Chicago b/c of money problems, and there's been no action on the site since 2008. The foundation is done so something will get built there eventually, but it's on hold.
mastag10 1 year ago
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Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao tops the list of favorite architecture from the past 30 years in a survey of experts by Vanity Fair. Guggenheim Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, which has been called 'the greatest building of our time' by the famous US architect Philip Johnson which brought tears when it was unveiled in 1998.
XJorgeLorenzoSpainX 1 year ago
based on the video, i think chicago looks the best.
tearmann 1 year ago
Some of the asian and latin american cities do not have the aesthetics of some of the american cities but Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Dubai have terrific skylines. Dallas, Houston, Toronto, Seattle are underrated and Moscow, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and some of the poorer chinese cities overrated. New York is also overrated in aesthetics
cagelsthrough 1 year ago
China :O
tutorialconr 1 year ago
IMO, you know little of what constitutes a great skyline. Tall office towers are the key. Places you've named in Asia ans S.America with countless grubby, cheap public housing buildings count for little. Nothing comes close to NYC with Chicago a commendable second. There are no cites in the US with more office floor space than Melbourne and Sydney. Melbourne also has a 90 story apartment tower (the tallest building in the southern hemisphere). And Paris?
thejcage 1 year ago
this survey is a joke
07860583872 1 year ago
@spiritbreakerz who cares about singapore? it aint as powerful and famous as new york or london on world stage, whatever happens in wall street, it effects the entire earth, just look up the previous global recession
1234567loading 1 year ago
sydney city is number 21, no fucking way.....have u seen our skyline during new years eve, everybody comes to sydney cause we have the best skyline to show case it....I might be bias, im not saying we have the best skyline in the world, but number 21 is an under statement. Sydney is definitely a top 10 or top 5
loranda007 1 year ago
Follow LondonsSkyline on twitter please, like I just started it today!
Arurnal 1 year ago
No cities should be like Hong Kong in the future they are insufficient we need new cities look up the Venus Project!
CookieMonzta1995 1 year ago
Very well thought out list. Refreshing to see the inclusion of so many asian cities. Most people in the US have no clue as to what is going on over there, I didn't see Dalian, China..Was it in the top 50?
TSM8088 1 year ago
why is this featured, its boring
KENKENNIFF 1 year ago
3:44.....I didn't know they had chocolate rivers in China!!!
mariusbleek 1 year ago
@mariusbleek how about screw u
chinagansta 1 year ago
@chinagansta its a joke....u know? "haha". I guess they removed ur funny bone at birth
mariusbleek 1 year ago
how about "LAS VEGAS" or "LOS ANGELES" !!!!! ?
xOWNAGEx1 1 year ago
too many asian cities on there...
inturn23 1 year ago
@inturn23 y are u jealous that ur country is going down?
chinagansta 1 year ago
@chinagansta jealous that my country is going down? What??? you don't make any sence. How is my country going down? As far as I know, The U.S.A. is put in one place and can't move anywhere ells. lol it's physically imposible for any country to move up or down. Nations don't move, people move. hahahaha Asians cities are boring just like the rest of Asia. The only interesting place in Asia is Tokyio and that's it. At least they have fashion sense and don't stink.
inturn23 1 year ago
Something is telling me the person who made this video is Chinese...
TheKilak 1 year ago
TheKilak
Let me tell you what's that something.... its Jealousy.
spiritbreakerz 1 year ago
I totally agree, Hong Kong but if it weren't for the water that surrounds it, I don't know.
goldfinger1970 2 years ago
What the hell?! Here's how it should go:
1.Dubai
2.Chicago
3.New York
4.Shanghai
5.Taipei
6.Toronto
7.Kuala Lumper
....and so on.
BrawlDude101 2 years ago
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in the amirca 1 - new yourk 2- chicago
middle east 1- dubai 2- doha
asia 1- china 2- tokyo
africa (( i dont know ))
euorop 1- garmany 2 - britsh
QaaTaR911 2 years ago
Africa is Mombasa and Cairo
ele90 2 years ago
There's no way Sydney comes in at only 21..? what is this..?! Sydney has the worlds largest and most beautiful natural habour...! sydney is usually ranked as the worlds numba 1# most beauitul city in the world by international travel agencies and magazines!
paddlepopkid 2 years ago
lol shut up kid.
ele90 2 years ago
Houston? not really much of a skyline compared to most of the other skylines here. Most American cities are spread out (we have land) so they are horizontal and not known for sweeping skylines. I think cities with sweeping dense and tall skylines should win out especially those where people live not just work. Thats for towers at least like hong kong.
Many European cities are low profile - like London Paris both architecturally rich and livable.
SOmebody should rank best freeway cities.
SemiTall 2 years ago
Dubai?...#1....Someone should fly 2 planes into that building and see how they like it.
crackkyadome 2 years ago
Hong Kong:
One of the world greatest accomplishments!! Everywhere in the world should learn!!
Cyrus992 2 years ago
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ButtErBaLL619 2 years ago
ButtErBaLL619:
Whatever you call the song... its the BOMB!! I HAVE LISTENED TO THIS CLIP LIKE 30 TIMES BECAUSE OF THE SONG!!
Cyrus992 2 years ago
Agree. HK is Number One, and if anything it looks better than your images of it!
SteffanLlwyd 2 years ago
i live in...... 3:40
Toronto324 2 years ago
These skylines are the "best" based essentially on who has the most tall buildings.
What about a beautiful skyline of lower height, historic buildings. Just building a load of highrises isn't that great. Quite like a reasonable cluster of skyscrapers, then lower lying buildings, with significant parks and green spaces. Houston looked quite nice. China looked pritty ugly. But if your obsessed with highrises I can see the obvious attraction.
atraherne 2 years ago
LOL I live in 4:38. with beautiful lights...
G8H919 2 years ago
they dont know that not all skyscrapers are not all found in manila also in makati global city and cebu philippines
chaniey01 2 years ago
@chaniey01 i think they meant the total metro manila area included in one just like u would include manhattan, brooklyn, queens and bronx in nyc
ManilaPlaya87 1 year ago
Hong Kongs Skyscrapers are wicked lol
Real science fiction.
New York is no match. New York is not even number 2. With all the dog poop on the streets and pollution on the streets NYC is getting old although it still has its cool features though.
Chicago beats New York by far in terms of coolness and modern stuff. Therefore Chicago is better than New York and as a matter of fact Chicago will have more modern futuristic skyscrapes in the future while NYC will just be the opposite..
RobertsDigital 2 years ago
Other cities that may look like Hong Kong within the next 30 years are Chicago,London,Tokyo,Dubai (if they have the bucks),Montreal,Panama(if they have the money),Toronto,Vancouver, San Francisco, Shanghai, Abu Dhabi
These are cities that are likely to evolve easily and look futuristic within the next 30years.
As for NYC i dont know if there will be much developments but other US cities will definitely look better in a few years time. Chicago is already better than NYC shanghai is next
RobertsDigital 2 years ago 7
Sydney and Kuala L. are also good candidates
RobertsDigital 2 years ago 2
2007 new york was number 2
2009 New York is Number 3, Chicago is Number 2, Shanghai Number 4, Hong Kong Number 1
RobertsDigital 2 years ago 2
dude i live in san antonio,tx and i gotta say we only have like 12 buildings that rise over 300ft we have no futureistic buildings.all of are buildings are sand colors
falloutgeek87 2 years ago
@RobertsDigital I didn't think Vancouver would make the list. More office space than all but maybe 6-7 in North America, but few buildings over 35 stories. Best scenery though, looking North to the Mountains across the water.
Good clip. Shang Hai is HUGE
sparwood8 1 year ago
@RobertsDigital chicago is not as good as NYC.... and never will be....
yuenglingUSA 1 year ago
dont be sillly, american invented cars, but it doesnt mean a ford is better than a ferrari.
tubeyoujason 2 years ago
actually the motor car was invented in England. As was the aeroplane, the train, the subway, and probably anything else you can think of. England is world famous for its engineers. The only problem is, we did everything first, so now our stuff is the oldest, and others have improved upon our original designs. London was the first global city.
bknives 2 years ago 2
We invented the engine the most inportant part of the car but the Germans were the first to build the car but in a way england still makes the most and best engines while germany is far behind
TheJamesjames123 2 years ago
@bknives It's the same in the US. We industrialized about a 15 yrs behind England so our our metropolises are quite dated. The younger cities are very modern in their appearance though. Asia is bound to have the worlds most modern cities due to population in a late developing nation. China builds an entirely new city the combined size of Chicago and Detroit put together ANNUALLY!
mattsp77 1 year ago
@bknives BTW. The perception of English engineers is that they are highly imaginative but poorly execute designs. German engineers are unimaginative but execute flawlessly. Japanese engineers are brilliant but impractical. American engineers are brilliant but management doesn't like the cost of innovation, no matter how slight, so in order to look good in the quarterly BSC they ignore payback, slash cost/quality, KILL MY DESIGN and shit designs are reused. I'm an ME and these weasels suck!
mattsp77 1 year ago
That said, I'd still rather live in NYC than Hong Kong just so you know I am not trying to bash NYC but just giving an unbiased opinion
slee5791 2 years ago
People who think NYC has better skyline than Hong Kong are likely Americans who have never been to Hong Kong. Hong Kong's skycrapers are much more futuristic than NYC's. Just when many Americans think NYC's public transit is second to none, Hong Kong's subway makes NYC's look dirty, inefficient, poor, and third-world. It's funny how people have no idea how many things are far from the best here.
slee5791 2 years ago
Chicago has some taller buildings, but NY has a lot more buildings as it is a much larger city in scope. I'm not sure if you've even visited other countries, but I also prefer Hong Kong and Tokyo's skyline to Chicago.
fukanesedragon 2 years ago
Haha. Chicago inventing the skyscraper is untrue, and it's also debatable that city built the 1st modern skyscraper as similar buildings were designed in England decades before the Home Insurance building in Chi-town. I'm american too, but you really shouldn't ethnocentric. It really makes americans look bad. As a neutral observer from the west coast (where we have very little buidlings at all), I much felt that Chicago was mini NYC and prefer the New York skyline
fukanesedragon 2 years ago
and yea ive been to nyc, and from i-95 the only building that stood out to me was the empire state building! in Chicago you could see the skyline as far from 40+ miles away if nuthin is blockin ur view! since its so spread out and tall you could see Chicago's Sears Tower from 35,000 ft high in a airplane easy! but as of right now Chicago does have a taller skyline then Hong Kong, but i think HK is building a 1,800 foot building but Chicago is building a 2,000 footer, so ether way its taller.
sexyrican77trey 2 years ago
yep CHICAGO invented the skyscaper! thanks to AMERICA u ppl know what a skyscaper is!Chicago does have the worlds best skyline in my opinion, but in most professional list, this guy isnt professional,i could make a list myself! anyway most professional list go like dis!
1.Hong Kong
2.Chicago
3.New York
idk way nyc is always in the top spots becuz it has alot of small buildings,i guess they count the number of buildings a city has plus how nicely placed the skyline is!Chicago sud be 1st
sexyrican77trey 2 years ago
5:20
wtf the moon is so large
StarlightForOneYear 2 years ago
A Little Biased Towards The USA.
LukeSinden08 2 years ago
It shows how Americanized has becomen the World....
trokoro 2 years ago
Asia dominates the list...
proudtobepinoy1 2 years ago 2
all the cities in this video owe it all too CHICAGO. WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO ACCEPT IT, THE FIRST SKY SCRAPER WAS BUILT IN CHICAGO. THIS IS FACT!!
BACMPKC 2 years ago 9
Exactly! Shanghai looks horrible, Dubai is just 5 buildings in the middle of a desert. Ok,New York and Hong Kong have nice skylines but Chicago should be first!
Nicholasr1996 2 years ago
@BACMPKC The first skyscraper was built in Giza, Egypt over 4000 years ago not to mention the stepped pyramid at Djoser which is even older. Many more were built between then and the appearance of the first modern skyscraper in Chicago ie. Great Cathedrals of Europe, Stone towers in Italy incl. the Tower at Pisa, The Eiffel Tower, Minurets/Great Mosques, The Great lighthouse at Alexandria, Chichen Itza in Mexico, etc.
Heck, even the Washington Monument could be included (completed in 1884.)
TSM8088 1 year ago
@BACMPKC You obviously aren't a New Yorker.
sparwood8 1 year ago
@BACMPKC Wrong fact. The 1st real skyscraper (over 1000 ft tall) ever built was actually the Eiffel tower in 1889. Chicago or anything else came later. The sad thing is my sweet hometown Paris has fallen a bit asleep since then... It's gonna wake up and be insolent again X-) ha!
Cheers and sincere respect to beautiful Australia, Canada, the US, and of course Europe.
amherdoll 1 year ago
@BACMPKC That doesn't mean that there aren't cities which have a better skyline than Chicago.
ManjuSu 1 year ago
this is based off of number of tall buildings :/ dont like that way of deciding the best skyline. it should be about city scape and archetecture. seattle should be like number 10 or higher. just about all chinese cities(hong kong exception) are hideous people are just busy gaga'ing over the 5 good buildings they have and dont realize that every buildings looks like it came out of the trash heap.
manly833 2 years ago
Nice List. from my travels I'd pretty much agree.
I do find the NYC is #1 and the leave China out posts amusing. As the world economies shift so does the nature of the cities with the biggest growth and development. 30 years ago USA/North America would have dominated a list such as this - that is no longer the case
Dubai is a skyline to watch as is Moscow - that place is changing so quickly it is disorientating
terribletai 2 years ago
London should be number 1 seeing as it is the worlds largest financial centre and has more culture than all the cities on this list put together
TheMassadude 2 years ago
well i think you should change hong kong an that be second and ny first
jaliljayjay 2 years ago
Though Moscow is pretty, towers aren't buildings.
darlingdino 2 years ago
And how'd I'd know Hong Kong would be number??? Yeah HK and Shanghai are impressive but they don't even come near touching NYC. This was a total waste of my time watching this crap
darlingdino 2 years ago
NYC is definitely not number one even only compared within the western world.
fcfhkmelb 2 years ago
You've obviously never left the little town you come from! NO PLACE even comes close in comparison especially not Hong Kong which is slightly impressive to me. And I'm an LA born girl so this is saying ALOT!
darlingdino 2 years ago
Well, I live in Melbourne and I have been to NYC for a few times. I think NYC skyline is actually worse than even Seattle, Melbourne and Sydney. Dense and tall are the only two words I can describe NYC skyline. Simply dense and tall don't make a good skyline.
fcfhkmelb 2 years ago
Seattle isn't pretty nor do I think Melbourne looks like anything special but I'll agree that Sydney is beautiful. But in my opinion NO place comes close to NYC. It's not dense and tall now that the Twin Towers are gone but then again maybe I am just used to the way American cities are. I think it is absolutely gorgeous and breathtaking. And yeah I understand how someone could say it's dense but I think it's spead out pretty well.
darlingdino 2 years ago
You should've called this the best skylines in CHINA and a few others in the world. Next time, make one of Asian cities separate from the other cities as it's very obvious you're partial to China and the rest of Asia. This was very disappointing. I'm sick of looking at China!
darlingdino 2 years ago
yeah, hong kong first place! I agree!!! All Wonderful cities... wow :D
MrM4rk0 2 years ago
You're stupid.
88Sabrine88 2 years ago
You'll have to peel singaporeans off the ceiling for ranking them after KL!
trent8002003 2 years ago
#1 London europe is the best continent in the world
ThEThunDerIRON 2 years ago 2
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1. dubai
2. hong kong
3. new yord
4. tokyo
5. mexico city
6.- beijin
7.- sydnei
8.- chicago
9.- acapulco
10.- shenzhen
productionSELVATICAS 2 years ago
europe dont have skyline.
give me the link that shows that europe have skyline.
roniepao 2 years ago
frankfurt,germany
Szalur89 2 years ago
Nonsense. The BEST skylines are in Europe, you berk. And you don't need a link. Just LOOK AROUND YOU. Unless you are not in Europe, then you probably need the strength to type in "European skyline" on Google.
88Sabrine88 2 years ago
ur u kidding me? watch a movie that features europe and you see flat skyline....lol
roniepao 2 years ago
Toronto at # 15 !
best city
DJCfish 2 years ago
New York may look good from the air, but when your on ground it looks shit.
heathound 2 years ago
1. New York City, USA
2. Chicago, USA
3. Hong Kong, China
4. Shanghai, China
5. Miami, USA
USA and China run the show.
CrazyItalian992 2 years ago 2
USA gone behind !!!
1. HK with 4000 towers!
xbahacn 2 years ago
No you cant beat NYC
CrazyItalian992 2 years ago
USA is history now, no new construction, and with the current financial problems, it will never be, good luck next time!
xbahacn 2 years ago
Hahaha ok the USA will always stay on top. If we go down, so does the whole world.
CrazyItalian992 2 years ago
R U BLIND????
Look at the list!!! it's all FAR EAST BOOMING, WHERE IS USA??? if there in no NY, US will not be mentioned in top 10 !!!!
xbahacn 2 years ago
No new construction in the USA? Chicago just finished the Trump Tower. Which is now the 2nd tallest in the city. Beautiful building too, check it out.
sonofmabarker 2 years ago
just finished a Tower, look at the cities here, countless just finished towers, and tallest in the world not the city :)
xbahacn 2 years ago
they are also still attempting to construct the Spire which would be around 2000ft... that def wasn't factored into this!
prepiboi88 2 years ago
Stop thinking America's the best. Because, believe it or not, it's NOT!
88Sabrine88 2 years ago
and what makes you say that what country is? hmm
firefatkid 2 years ago
I am guessing you are American. As usual so full of yourselves...
88Sabrine88 2 years ago
yeah im not saying we are the best we are not im just saying why do you think what country is how do you determing something like that?
firefatkid 2 years ago
Hong kong is the best! i love it!
aaduong 2 years ago
wtf moscow is way better then that this dick head didint show u the good photos
vadimfistikan 2 years ago
last picture of chicago skyline... you stole that from someone.
cooliorox100 2 years ago
hongkong is the best cuz im asian and im not bias.
roniepao 2 years ago
hanoi is much better skyline than hong kong, its progressing, sorry but vietnam beat hong kong ISLAND. =)
vietpride247 2 years ago
vietpride
You had too much pride in vietnam lolz. Hanoi is way behind... Lets be honest here. hongkong wins :D
spiritbreakerz 2 years ago
hong kong wins??? how is that possible if hanoi have much more impressive skyline???? hanoi is rapidly developing while hk has no more land to expand, don't forget how small your island is compared to vietnam. hong kong is the size of los angeles while vietnam is the size of texas
vietpride247 2 years ago
vietpride247
Lets have a look at their GDP(nominal).
Vietnam = $89.829 billion,
Per capita $1,042,
Population = 85,789,573
Hongkong = $223.764 billion,
Per capita $31,849
Population = 7,055,071
Despite having a much larger population, their their gdp(nominal) are still lower. Juz look at the difference between per capita. Its like an avg hongkong dude earns 30x more money then a viet dude..lol. Btw hongkong is part of China so how can they not have enough land to expand?
spiritbreakerz 2 years ago 2
i can easily type in numbers and call it "gdp" per capita! lol what a loser! chinese are all poor, there are only a FEW rich chinese. on average, the world has more rich vietnamese than chinese, and we're talking percentage wise! don't forget, vietnam is improving rapidly!
vietpride247 2 years ago
viet
Easily type a number? I got the source from wikpedia. Chinese poor? Im a chinese from singapore and our per capita is higher then japan/USA etc. Check Vietnamese Mail Order Bride on youtube.
spiritbreakerz 2 years ago
show u source?????? lol why chinese always need evidence in everything, chinese cannot be trusted yet they demand evidence! hahaha i will not give u that satisfaction chinese person, u can fool others, but u will not fool me! vietnam has more impressive skyline than hong kong.
vietpride247 2 years ago
I think i just wasted my time debating with a ignorant cu*nt.
spiritbreakerz 2 years ago
no, you just think u waster your time, but in reality you know i am right when i say vietnam have better skyline than honk kong, good try in making me believe hk is actually better than vietnam. lol good day to you! vietnam number 1
vietpride247 2 years ago
vietpride
Yea vietnam beat Singapore, USA, China, Japan, korea etc... Viet is the best for you. -,-
spiritbreakerz 2 years ago
no, that is not true. vietnam is not better than those countries because those are developed 1st world countries! hk is merely a tiny island compared to vietnam, so therefore vietnam is obviously better than HK ten times over! i respect singapore, usa, japan, korea. except for china and hk. =)
vietpride247 2 years ago
viet
Oh yea tiny island what about singapore? They had a population of 4million. Gonna look down on it now? Their GDP is equivalent to Hongkong. What does HK mean to you now?
spiritbreakerz 2 years ago
and vietnam is 70 times bigger than hk, we have room to expand, the only place hk have room to expand is UP. sooner or later, going to run out of room, while vietnam have so many space available =)
vietpride247 2 years ago
Nope vietnam land size is approximately 290x of HK. But like i said before, HK is part of china. So how can they not have enough rooms?
spiritbreakerz 2 years ago
it's called HK island. sure majority of chinese live there and it may be part of china, but its still an ISLAND =) so vietnam is still BETTER than HK "I S L A N D"
vietpride247 2 years ago
land size does not matter. What matters is the wealth of the people...
spiritbreakerz 2 years ago
in that case, vietnam will REALLY
vietpride247 2 years ago
richer than hk.
vietpride247 2 years ago
You claim that viet were richer but you can't show us the source? Why???
spiritbreakerz 2 years ago