There's a character to this, these buildings. I almost expect a blurb about their personalities.

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Actually that is one huge building, that has several (about 13) towers. Check it out [link] The groud floot is a bus station, than the first 3-4 floors is a huge mall, and on top of all of that are these towers, and a small park... Actually Metro City represents the packed and crowded nature of Hong Kong

And yeah... they have a certain personality: they are insensitive, phlegmatic, apathetic, and overwhelmingly selfish, egoist bastards!

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Wow...you never see architecture quite that complex here in the States. It's a whole other tier of ridiculousness for us to admire and loathe.

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Well... tell me about that... I live in Hungary, Europe... the law here won't allow any buildings higher than about 10 stories high. Can you imagine how ridiculous our modern office buildings look like? I'll tell you: like a field of skyscrapers after harvest, ruthlessly chopped in half... Good thing we have old buildings to... they look spectacular without being high

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Wow, did not know that little fact. Seems pretty smart to do it that way, frankly. We may not have many tall buildings falling over due to natural causes (ie. winds or earthquakes) but they are still unnerving to be in or around. I was inside a skyscraper on a windy day before and could actually feel the building swaying on the upper floors. Apparently they're built to do that. o_O

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Well... I agree to some point! Small buildings - especially 18th-19th century European stone/brick buildings - have their obvious plus sides. If I were to move to the US, i would pretty much miss the historical buildings of European cities! Actually I used to live down town in a thing like that myself for a year, and I would be more than happy to move back

But when it comes to modern architecture, and economical office buildings I really think that it's a complete waste to stay small. It simply looks funny... actually you look at it and start to wonder, if it has sank into mud, or simply didn't get finished... Probably that's why different cities in Europe had different solutions: in Paris there is only two districts where high buildings are allowed, London tried to integrate them into the historical cityscape, and - as for now - in Budapest, it is simply forbidden to build anything that is higher than about 30 meters. (There are a few exceptions, but even the highest building is only 69 meters...)

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