Why Europe Doesn't Build Skyscrapers

[@juanmola2000]

City planner: You see that Cathedral? Architect: Yes sir. City planner: I want to keep seeing it.

[@kryptonnslaxx6378]

Lmfao

[@theriseofnumidia]

Hahaha

[@rcc8347]

Exactly what may Italian friend told me! He said he loved to see one cathedral since childhood and so does his father 😅

[@berryhops]

Hey do you see that 30-40m tall historical warehouse? Yeah I want it to be viewable from everywhere.

[@johnfrancisokijet9794]

I cracked ... 😁😁😁

[@privatechannel1059]

I'm italian and my house was built in 1300, before the discovery of America

[@levix1723]

Grande fra diglielo a sti ignoranti del cazzo che dicono che i grattacieli sono meglio delle cattedrali. C'è ma pensa tu come sarebbero città come Bologna o Firenze con quei cazzo di grattacieli. Dai almen son felice di vedere un italiano stammi bene fratè.

[@anak_kucing101]

Now this comment is underrated.

[@netosdopt9907]

I'm brazilian,and the building where I live was built after milan last champions league trophy lol

[@anak_kucing101]

@@netosdopt9907 Year?

[@asterh6315]

Lol

[@annieserliejosephrajan1652]

The answer: to keep their history seen

[@Freedom-br8bq]

Thank u..

[@dalmarrussell]

Thanks

[@vipulsehgal85]

Thanks

[@peipu9195]

Thanks

[@bororo798]

Yeah they destroyed history of others and want to preserve theirs

[@angelferrandis6089]

I'm not European, but I think one of the most beautiful things of this continent are its ancient cities full of history and nature, those cathedrals, castles, palaces, ancient houses, tight streets and the most beautiful arquitectures in the world... please, don't destroy that :c

[@fixxa6455]

Im from europe and say; go to Rome or Paris.

[@fixxa6455]

Just search on google: trevi fountain rome video. Lets imagine you build a skyscraper there. Nuts

[@owaismohammedejazahmed6710]

I wanna visit Europe, can u tell me which is the most historic country in EUROPE.

[@fixxa6455]

@@owaismohammedejazahmed6710 i think its italy. You have there Venice, Rome and vatican city. All amazing especially Rome , it is the most historic city by far. When you like castles go britain and scotland.

[@owaismohammedejazahmed6710]

@@fixxa6455 thanks bro.

[@Tutel0093]

Europe capitals has 3000 years or more of history underground. You just can't dig anywhere and not found an archeology site.

[@Dalkil]

That's it. Each time they dig in my town, they find a damn Roman building or something and construction has to stop until archeological value of the ruins are calculated. XD

[@eldron29-a54]

Yes. And due to corruption, they destroy archeological architecture anyways...

[@IsleNaK]

or they find an unexploded bomb from ww2. Ouch!

[@aydriano]

@@Dalkil Yeah, that happened when my family was building a new house and we dug up a Roman fireplace and now that is integrated as part of my father's shop. We had both labourers and archaeologists at our construction zone XD

[@imnotabot7878]

Same a stupid t rex was found in my basement #richishard #blessed

[@tededcaluag2978]

*I'm going to sleep YT: why Europe doesn't build skyscrapers *well that's a good question

[@EDUNETAjay]

Same here

[@JoaoMariaNunes]

this is stupid... Europe builds skyscrapers too, the thing is that European cities are OLD, they predate the tech necessary to build sky scrapers...while middle east and eastern cities tore down their city center ( where the skyscrapers tend to be built ) so ...

[@Mr.Thursday]

Warsaw has plenty of space for skyscrapers.

[@innosanto]

@@JoaoMariaNunes no, many Europeans hate scysxrapers ans they are banned. Even in areas where all buildings could be torn down. After all chinese cities atmre also old. And New York was also old., as well as easterj amerucan states, they are from. 17th century.

[@tripkotripmo7614]

Because of you ed calauag😂😂😂😂

[@jesontjowari9723]

When I was a kid, I was in awe looking at skyscrapers. When I am an adult, I love to see historical buildings especially buildings that have art deco, baroque, or roccoco architecture.

[@jujujumbie6383]

Was in awe of both and still

[@fullercrane1795]

I see a clear difference in architecture. Olden and historical architecture is far better. Has much more detail different patterns and elegance. Modern build are more flat and blend. If it's not blend modern architecture they come up with weird shapes and often loads of glass. When they ran out of ideas. They paint the flat wall. Where as in old budlings you see different colours because of the different material they used. But I admit as a child if I saw a really tall budling. I would be like wow thats tall must be important. But if you have loads of them makes it that much less impressive.

[@Miguel-yp6tn]

Im from Spain and we dont need skyscrapers, our cities are very beautiful without them

[@Mrdinomist]

Skyscrapers look like shit . We don t need them in Europe

[@susan7374]

True, skyscrapper kinda eye sore 🤦

[@rp7159]

Spain is a beautiful country, doesn't have souless concrete jungles of the UK along with over population and air pollution.

[@jamesmedina2062]

Que fregón como decimos en México👍

[@Miguel-yp6tn]

@@rp7159 thanks man

[@dyna6448]

Im living in a modern village in Europe in a house built in 2000, and travelled to Paris and Berlin. And the cities are really beautiful and should not be ruined by skyscrapers

[@mistercreeper674]

@@billcipher9265 Building modern skyscrapers in a city like florence doesn't seem like a good aesthetic choice. It just doesn't fit..

[@gauravtalukdar2715]

I live in 28th floor lol

[@erikasl.7050]

Life quality over a nice view i would say. Also, yall never consider that some of those historic buildings demand loads of money to restore and that money comes from tax payers. People > old buildings

[@rooseveltdumornay4954]

@@mistercreeper674 Imagine Florence, Italy with a bunch of Skyscrapers like Chicago or New York. Oh my gosh

[@backintimealwyn5736]

@@erikasl.7050 you get great life quality in historical buildings , all the rich people in Paris want them. As for the fees, they are paied by their private owners and they are not more expensive than let's say buildings from the 60's or 80's because the construction was crap. I would'nt buy in the new buildings , I know construction workers who tell me that the entreprenors are so obssessed by cost containement that they don't give the concrete enough time to dry up, ten years after building the problems start , everything falls down : plummery, concrete, water infiltration-and it's expensive. Historical monuments costs(no inhabited) are paied by taxes , but also the huge amount of tourism that they bring. Those taxes are a great investement for our economies. I still think we should build o nthe outskirts because it cannot be worse than what it allready is.

[@nyx5408]

Dude, in the village i live in if the people would ever hear that anyone wants to cut the trees to build huge blocks of concrete they will be enraged af. We care so much about the trees and green lands , it makes it feel like home to have woods around you

[@IsleNaK]

Elon Musk: I'm gonna build the new factory Giga Berlin in Germany Environmentalist: I'm about to end this man's whole career...

[@thomasreedy4751]

If your village grew to a population of 1 million because of economic activity, I don’t think many would care about the local trees. Many City dwellers can afford to visit a forest if they so choose.

[@napaea9460]

@@thomasreedy4751 f economy, yes to fresh air and greenery :P lol

[@youngboyxaj6692]

I think you all might be exaggerating a bit. As personally I live in Chicago and there are plenty of parks to go to and huge ones if you travel a bit

[@nyx5408]

Yall got my idea wrong =)))) first off thr economy of my village is based especially on tourism because people likes the green stuff and mountains and fresh air, so i dont say fuck m economy because the fucking trees are a part of my economy so their presence stops me from starving =))) Secondly , i think humans like to build more than they need. I dont mean to say i am eco friendly because if there is such a ting as climate change and poluation i am 100% sure my country is not the one to have fingers pointed on so i dont give a shit about it , 'muricans and asia can deal with it. I was just saying that it just feels like someone is taking a part of your home away from you

[@Ackreti]

Americans: why don't you build sky scrapers? Chinese: yeah, what's wrong with ya!? Europeans: can I have new park or garden instead?

[@jasonchen7285]

President banned China from building skyscraper over 500meter for a while now.

[@theovld7721]

cos most of the buildings are older than the US I wouldn't call 500m a very restrictive law tho :')

[@sumkindacheeto]

Helps with decentralisation: Less highrise, less need for big stores, less traffic.

[@jacobhargiss3839]

Most americans dont actually like skyscrapers. Sure some do, but the vast majority see our big cities for the filthy places they are.

[@501thtrooper4]

Nah. Visit America and you will see that 90% of the populated places here are filled with towns that have a ton of parks (no skyscrapers to be seen except for *some* cities but not the majority).

[@salonikukreja41]

I live in Paris and I’d rather pay shit loads of rent than see a different Paris with skyscrapers

[@Mrdinomist]

Imagine going to paris and seening NY or something like that fuck 🤣

[@deathbypotato5030]

@@Mrdinomist LMAOOOOOOO

[@Mrdinomist]

@Coen Lammerts i know and it isn t ugly city per say but compared to Paris , Munich, Berlin, Rome( basicly any italian big city) , Vienna etc it isn’t anything special.

[@Mrdinomist]

With addition of skyscrapers almost every big city would look as uninspiring as ones like NY

[@augth]

@@Mrdinomist honestly NYC is amazing and one of the most beautiful cities I’ve been to

[@amansyan6319]

That’s beauty of europe, they don’t wanna ruin it which makes me so happy

[@5parcovici]

I agree with you ! But on the other side, skyscrappers views are awesome two !

[@general.comrade]

Makes me sad tho that sea levels are rising and europe is slowly sinking below sea level and could damage the beauty of europe :(

[@noid78787]

@@general.comrade Every country is slowly sinking though by the time Europe is underwater skyscrapers would also collapse

[@adobozkiraly4723]

@@5parcovici but not in europe....xd

[@theclaverman]

@@general.comrade The sea levels rising is not something new. The sea levels has been rising slow and steadily with aproxemately 20cm each century for at least the last 1000years.

[@rickwalker8241]

Short answer: It's the law Long answer: They wanted to make sure their history could be seen and not forgotten?

[@indianangel6774]

No Long Answer: They want to safeguard their networth which is locked in value of their houses. 63% of networth of French is locked in value of their houses, no surprises that Paris hates high rises that can bring thier networth down.

[@redtigergaming1467]

@@indianangel6774 they can afford it.

[@redtigergaming1467]

@@indianangel6774 especially France

[@tritium1998]

Other countries obviously have plenty of history that can be seen in addition to having better skyscrapers.

[@DantesPancea]

No the answer is we could build skyscrapers but since we have so much ancient architecture sites and ruins it would be so ignorant to build stupid skyscreapers ruining our cultural values

[@TheromaB]

I live in Rome, skyscrapers would be a slap in tha face of the city.

[@franciscovilla1100]

To the city

[@UGPepe]

unlike say the colosseum which was built for exquisite art performances such as executions and gladiator fights

[@DrNukeShow]

I love Rome. Even the streets and the sidewalk is beautiful.

[@gauravtalukdar2715]

Skyscrapers will not suit rome

[@erikasl.7050]

Ah yes slap with a block cash, tall buildings let the city grow and reduce prices, plus various business would put a lot of investments and would creat a lot of jobs for people living in the city. But yeah i guess old buildings over people

[@SilencedButNotForgotten]

Europe without skyscrapers forever, hopefully. Our Europe is so pretty. ❤️

[@yallheartheteaisboiling9989]

Ew

[@hellenicboi14]

@@yallheartheteaisboiling9989 Amerimutt detected.

[@SokkingBTtulaj]

@@yallheartheteaisboiling9989 Hi, trailer trash, how is the world's highest debt over there?

[@yallheartheteaisboiling9989]

@@SokkingBTtulaj I’m not American, but America is way better it’s a super power

[@hellenicboi14]

@@yallheartheteaisboiling9989 Bruh, America is literally collapsing as we speak. I give it 10 years at most before it either collapses or becomes a third world nation.

[@Angarsk100]

Europe has probably the most gorgeus cities/villages I know of. It's very wise to keep their character. I'm glad they're preserving the very rich history and hope they continue to do so.

[@kingkai2800]

Obviously they do after destroying every others non-European civilizations buildings, history, and people

[@cptspeedy6358]

King Kai tough shit

[@emmi5999]

@@kingkai2800 Damn we are badass😎

[@nyx5408]

Corect me if i am wrong but as far as i know america doesn't really have old architecture to preserve...my country even has the ruins of a capital city from the years 100-200 but we were taught that america doesnt really have a history

[@fallenangel_899]

@@kingkai2800 they were pretty good at it too

[@aika8127]

In the Netherlands, only a few major and popular cities have skyscrapers. I live in a really old city. We even have parts of our walls, from the 14th century, that are still standing. It’s a very unique feeling to walk through the city. Very calming I’d say

[@intothelabyrinth01]

Wat kunnen we in NL een skyscraper noemen? Volgens mij haalt dat hoogste in Den Haag het net niet...

[@aika8127]

@@intothelabyrinth01 er zijn een paar in Rotterdam en Amsterdam volgens mij. Alhoewel, ligt eraan wat je een wolkenkrabber noemt. We hebben gebouwen over 150 meter. Er is niet echt een universele hoogte dat een gebouw moet zijn voor dat het een wolkenkrabber wordt.

[@yakumotatsuro4886]

Ik woon in een boerderij in een klein dorp in het noorden Grote steden zijn stom

[@goodmusic9616]

In the netherlands i know Rotterdam has skyscraper, but only because the nazi's bombed all the city

[@Julian-zr8df]

Nederland beste land

[@ACasualCustomer]

It's nice to know we have architects and urban planners who care about the aesthetics of the city and it's culture. Subscribed!

[@dreamcaster100]

Rather they care about actual progress instead of style over substance.

[@joefox9875]

Being low doesn't make a building beautiful.

[@Dan-gd6zz]

@@joefox9875 Maybe not the building itself but the city

[@mastahfrederique1147]

Lack of skyscrapers does not equal culture. New York City has hundreds of skyscrapers and is considered the cultural capital of the world. Skyscrapers are a major part of its culture, and similar to European cities, it has zoning regulations that protect sightlines to buildings like the Empire State Building.

[@jayko5703]

I’d rather be able to afford a place but keep your spread out shoe boxes

[@andreaalbertini9913]

Fun fact: The european city in the thumbnail is Bologna, in Italy. And in medieval times it was famous for the large number of towers built by many noble families (around 100). Now about 20 of them are left, the highest being "Torre degli Asinelli" (97 m) (Torre di Pisa is 57 m in comparison). And talking about skyscrapers it fits very well.

[@theCosmicQueen]

however, not really. because they were beautiful and not modern ugly things. Pretty towers and spires are nice . those are not skyscrapers.

[@teer7461]

I live near Warsaw - one of few European cities that have skyscrapers. Most European cities does not allow tall buildings to be built to protec historic centers odf cities. Warsaw don't have this problem because during II World War it was razed to the ground by Germans (80-90% of buildings were destroyed) , and after war, when Poland become communist state, polish goverment didn't want to rebuild destroyed "bourgeois tenements". In order to demonstrate the power of communism, a large (more than 200 m tall) skyscraper was erected in the city center on command of Stalin - Palace of Culture and Science. For patriotic and propaganda reasons, the most important fragments of the Warsaw's old town were also rebuilt, but the rest of the city were created according to the architectural assumptions of communist architects - socialist realism inspired by Bahaus - functional, uncomplicated buildings, often constructed of prefabricated elements - plenty of blocky gray apartment blocks. Also plenty of plots of land in the city center were undeveloped due to legal reasons (problems with establishing legal owners) and because of insufficient state capacity to remove all the war damage. So after Poland become capitalist, there was no contraindications to built scyscrapers - there were empty plots in centre of city, there was no view to protect, the construction of skyscrapers was economically profitable and there were companies willing to invest their money in it and also plenty of people wanted to "cover" Palace of Culture and Science by other skyscrapers.

[@sm3675]

And some people want communism...🙄🙄🙄. Anyway, love the lesson.

[@petergriffinmk2884]

@@sm3675 If you are referring to social democracy it is by no means even close to communism.

[@lanvin1982]

Well it's a bit more complicated than this though. As the Old Town is on the Unesco Heritage Site list no skyscrapers should be seen from the Old Town. That's one of the rules. The natural light is the other when it comes to high-rise buildings in Poland. They mustn't block the natural light and the sunlight from residential buildings. The "covering" of the Palace of Culture and Science (PEKiN as Polish call it, which by the way is pronounced the same as Beijing in Polish) is more of an urban legend these days. There were plans to surround this building by other, taller, more modern skyscrapers but that recently has been abandoned as the city of Warsaw decided to build the museum of modern art (25 metres in height) in front of the palace. The city is transforming with a quite daring plans to turn about 30% of its public space into green spaces. In my own opinion Warsaw is heading in the right direction. All modern cities should focus on this. Skyscrapers should be built with the principle of saving land for the better use. It's not about the status anymore :)

[@rex30000]

communism did not prevent China from building modern and beautiful cities with skyscrapers .. here the problem is not communism or capitalism .. the problem is that the Poles have their hands growing out of their butts ..

[@lanvin1982]

@@rex30000 no it didn't The money tat could be diverted into communities, wages and overall well being of the people living in the shadows (literally) did.

[@IchbinAmy]

That's why Europe is Beautiful! I live in Hamburg Germany it is a Green city the city full of parks and trees. The structures are old but it's amazing and i tend to wonder how it's made. And there's a lot of Medieval Towns that are well preserve i couldn't even get tired visiting them. I came from Manila a city that skycraper is everywhere can barely see a tree the polution is too much to handle that is why when i moved to Hamburg i fell inlove the city full of nature, so clean and green.

[@bkh5746]

If i had plenty of money i would move out of this ticking time bomb of a country they call free,which is made up of 50 divided states

[@achuuuooooosuu]

If only Manila can start over. Everything’s just filled with concrete and polluted rivers without much to freely breathe in. Parks are lacking, and there's just little to no proper urban planning. There's BGC, Makati CBD, and Eastwood, which are nice places, but they're just very small areas of Metro Manila. It's just bad for my lungs but all the jobs are here. The provinces might not even be better either, as there are developers who just have no regard for the trees and build subdivisions everywhere in this small country. Kinakalbo na ang mga puno kaya madaling bahain at mainitan. Also, how did you get into Germany? Must be really nice there.

[@IchbinAmy]

@@achuuuooooosuu True! The Goverment is lack of plan for the nature instead they are more into developments of infrustructure and business growth they tend to forget that nature is part of it. The congestion of the city is suffocating without the tress, plants and animals. I came with family reunion visa. But if you are skilled worker it won't be hard for you to get here.

[@achuuuooooosuu]

@@IchbinAmy Development is nice but they're forgetting the trees, yes. The Philippines is rich with natural resources though, the government could have used it sustainably but they weren't able to. I think it’s because the country's desperate to have nice buildings to the point where so many trees and natural resources are being cut down and unsustainably used just to achieve this. Oh, I see, thank you. Enjoy your life in Germany! I wish I can migrate somewhere cleaner too someday. I think my course rn (art-related) doesn't fit for a skilled worker so I guess I'll be stuck here in Manila unless I get to save a lot lol

[@IchbinAmy]

@@achuuuooooosuu Yes Our Country has so much to offer, from water to Land resources. Sometimes i get to think why Thailand has more exports of goods here in europe from fresh to cans ex. Banana blossom, jackfruits, coconuts vegetables and so much more in cans which i love to buy because as asian mas gusto ko pa din ng mga gulay na kilakakihan ko. Bakit tayo di natin kaya yun mas marami pa din ang imports kesa exports tapos nababaliwala ang sarili nating products at nalulugi ang mga farmers kasi mas binibigyan ng halaga ng goverments ang imports. We could be a rich country too kasi kung tutuuusin mayaman tayo sa resources. Anyway do not degrade yourself just because your proffesion is Art that is a Talent you should be thankful of. I wish for your Great success in the future 🙏

[@19Vxc76]

I live in Portugal and we don't have skyscrapers. Skyscrapers are cool to see... in other countries :) I rather live in a low building city so I can see/feel the sun, and not walking on the street always in the shadow :)

[@anuradhainamdar8967]

Fine reasoning Vasco ,just like you would like to live only in a city of low roofed houses see the Sun set & rise surrounded by trees, so would I, so that I am woken up by the piping chirps of Robin's in the morning, rather than the unnecessary bright artificial lights of New York 's Fifth Avenue,Bombay, Delhi 's NCR with skyscrapers or any other cities proliferated with skyscrapers around the world like Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, China's cities like Beijing, Shanghai, its Hainan province, ( after having damned Yang - shi Kiang river by the enormous Three Gorges, and the whole Pearl river delta occupied by large ugly cranes or in Japanese cities of Tokyo, Osaka, etc, I would certainly not like to live where I will only be surrounded by forests of concrete, older towns of Germany like' Horb am Neckar', in the South- west Germany around the famous Black forest would be my natural choice. 👍👍👍👌👌🙏🙏🙏

[@ihaveseverefrootsnackism]

I hate the sun LOL

[@DaDunge]

Yeah that's the thing, Skyscrapers puts a pricetag on all these things. The rich can afford the light the poor cannot.

[@anuradhainamdar8967]

@@DaDunge But do you want to be so rich, that you lose your joyful soul entirely. Find joy in small things, be interested in active entertainment like writing( make a dairy of want you have read) reading, gardening, Yoga, making home made food, ( till lockdown) then you can travel to little yet beautiful towns of European countries. You can explore forest like England's Sherwood forest, Kew gardens, Black forest of Germany. Avoid passive entertainment.

[@DaDunge]

@@anuradhainamdar8967 What are you talking about?

[@sergeibatiuk3468]

Because Europe builds cities where one actually wants to live

[@mayankmehtani7202]

It artificially pumps land values up. And yeah like no one wants to live in Toronto, Los Angeles or Singapore 😂

[@vincentl.9304]

@@mayankmehtani7202 I agree, plus in cities like Geneva it's ridiculous that they just didn't start building skyscrapers yet, there is so many more people coming in every year and they just keep on building 3 floors block of flats like we have unlimited land😅

[@shalonsmith3653]

The largest cities in the world have skyscrapers so thats a false statement.

[@sergeibatiuk3468]

@@shalonsmith3653 If the city is large it does not necessarily mean it is automatically comfortable. Most probably the contrary is true

[@dee-l1d]

@@sergeibatiuk3468 it still means people want to live there

[@roisinireland6833]

In Ireland our soil is sedimentary, meaning you will hit water when you dig into the soil, therefore it won't support skyscrapers.

[@richardo.5781]

Oh cool, I bet u like it

[@aleksjamie911]

I love ireland from sri lanka 🙂

[@Believer1995ofGod]

My siri is set to irish accent lol

[@soteful9949]

So when I Googled Ireland skyscrapers, all those pictures are fake?

[@xCobraHDx]

@@soteful9949 yep, there’s actually a law that makes sure you don’t build past a certain height here in Ireland, that height is 60metres.

[@Max-kb9ms]

I love European cities, especially the old towns.

[@zumzum3954]

Mee too. Would be nice if we could afford living in them... but the shortage of living space is pressuring all the medium to low income people oit of the cities and the rich can move in...

[@iiiinvestor7817]

Same

[@naolonaolo440]

try sarajevo

[@nobodyinteresting9967]

@@zumzum3954 depends on the city.

[@RazzaDubs]

@@nobodyinteresting9967 Bradford

[@Militos238]

My house was built by a Greek-Italian who fought in a war in 1779 and my house was built in 1791

[@lindajane3890]

Hello there

[@questmarq7901]

How did it ended up in your hands then?

[@Militos238]

@@questmarq7901 my grandpa was a bit rich and bought it and from then i still have it it is in zakuntos island

[@zusibone]

You must be rich man Wow

[@questmarq7901]

@@Militos238 oh so its in greece then! Ok geia sou magka

[@kinginthenorth7722]

We love Europe the way it is. skyscrapers are ugly, I can never live on the 35th floor of a building.

[@nashaun3885]

Kinda true but there aren’t a lot in Toronto so

[@xuhnenfels0935]

Ok boomer

[@badgunda1501]

Boomer moment...

[@yallheartheteaisboiling9989]

You’re just broke hun

[@WALDHERRSCHAFT]

This has nothing to do with being a boomer ^^ I'm 23 and I see it the exact same way

[@JakubNaceradsky]

Im Czech, and i would like keep historical city districts, and just make skycrapers in more modern areas and new zones.

[@Megalomaniakaal]

Or you know... Whole new cities could be established...

[@MrToradragon]

@@Megalomaniakaal Not possible, already too dense settlement grids in CZ. Thus would immediately cause backslash from various interest groups, NIMBY and agromafia that already started opposition against HSR. They will use false claims about lack of arable land even thou that they have to be already subsidized and roughly 1/3 is not even used for food production they base their argumentation on. (not to mention that with their approach the soil will soon be completely dead) And many people will jump on their bandwagon.

[@DaFinkingOrk]

This is the best of both worlds i think. Like Paris with its La Defence district.

[@tvojemama71]

souhlasím (I agree)

[@EGOCOGITOSUM]

Czech Rep. is one of the most beautiful and at the same time unluckiest country in Europe Communism damaged so much the culture is a joy for the eye seeing it as is it becoming now ... in 20-40 years it will be one of the best countries in the world if everything goes well

[@kingbeef396]

I feel safer around lower buildings.

[@uzzi3760]

Same now that i think of it

[@XAkiraOtakuX]

high rise buildings are death traps anyway. Basically have no way of escaping a raging fire on a high level floor

[@sethjansson5652]

@@XAkiraOtakuX Stairs.

[@synex3219]

@@XAkiraOtakuX lol, parachute homie🪂

[@turcopolo]

@@synex3219 As if untrained people can safely navigate with a parachute in an enclosed street.

[@popelgruner595]

Americans: Why don't Europeans build skyscrapers? Europeans: We know how to build cities. We're doing it for over 2700 years now.

[@Monaleenian]

American: That doesn't answer my question European. Please clean your ears out.

[@andreterinte9428]

@@Monaleenian Cities in Europe are historical so to build a skycrapers needs space and we dont have space. Just enjoy the small and beautiful buildings

[@kevinjay8440]

@Storm Zaibot i think those are the native indians who were killed and chased away from their homeland. I dont think they are even recognized as americans by the same people who chased them away lmao

[@kevinjay8440]

@Storm Zaibot they are still there but you can count their settlements on one hand compared to the cities built by the people who chased them away. The massive bulk of the real americans are composed of immigrants and not the original settlers. Those same immigrants were the one who chased away and kept building all these massive cities and skycrapers we all see today. I dont think you can even call the native indians americans because you can barely see their ancestry nowadays. You need to relearn history.

[@elizabethfuhr5527]

Well said.

[@amphoramorph2856]

there’s a reason why europe has the best looking cities in the world

[@hiibillymayshere4238]

Cope

[@sven1966]

@@hiibillymayshere4238 cope with it lol

[@TheAgentOfDeath]

Best?😂

[@sven1966]

@@TheAgentOfDeath yes

[@tortellinifettuccine]

@@hiibillymayshere4238 cope? I think you've got it backwards

[@lordchikage9015]

Long Story short: we don’t Build skyscraper because we have architecture which is so beautiful and needs to be protected. London will solve their Problem before it goes critical. Skyscrapers are ego towers.

[@haruiox2368]

That's why most Europeans countries suck, The way their governed is pretty good, the govt and healthcare and key infrastructure which are really good but when comes to landscape and how appealing buildings look, it ranks pretty low since they look really depressing and just the same, were are not in 1900 to look at such boring buildings with same ugly designs, it doesnt look nice, just old and gross

[@juliushakala5148]

@@haruiox2368 "boring buildings with same ugly desings" *starts constructing similar and boring looking skyscrapers*

[@ringo5721]

@@haruiox2368 you good bro?

[@pits.893]

@@haruiox2368 This is pure blasphemy. Have you been in Florence? Barcelona? Paris? ANYWHERE?!?!

[@j.LuciusLark]

@@haruiox2368 Those "old and gross" buildings looks better than your most of your skyscrapers 😂

[@Arktus]

I find it way nicer to have lower but dense buildings with pedestrian small streets, than having skyscrappers seperated my 5 lane roads...

[@lautheimpaler4686]

Don't know about skyscrapers but my country could use some 5 lane roads.

[@lautheimpaler4686]

Some MORE 5 lane roads I meant.

[@theCosmicQueen]

@@lautheimpaler4686 well a few of them but the USA has too much of that. uglyness in cities. Need them only outside of cities.

[@zeppelinshy]

As a Londoner, I'd love to not be broke asf each month. Still can't believe even in places like Tokyo. I hear other Europeans shocked at how expensive it is to live in Tokyo yet all I hear it that its still cheaper than London

[@Chris-oz9qx]

I live in Bangkok, quite pricey but compared to London and Tokyo it’s not. I’ve seen taxi meters in those cities resemble a stop watch in how fast they go up.

[@zeppelinshy]

@Jak świat się kręci. Not only I'd love to not be broke. I'd love to own property. But I'm not rich or old so I don't have enough to buy. I'm stuck with sky high rent prices. Since it's where my family is from and we are from low income, once you go broke in London you'll struggle to save enough to leave.

[@zeppelinshy]

@Jak świat się kręci. I'd need a new job in a different area and that means I'd get denied for renting else where since you need good referrals from your employer and even renting you need a large deposit. More so a thing that takes years to do. Buying is worse. My area of London it now takes 23 years of saving for the deposit on a mortgage.

[@zeppelinshy]

Well unless the new job is a really big well known company or service like the police but I can't join police bc medical reasons. Which I wish I could. And they get paid so much here

[@totifaddye6587]

Tokyo Is just OP since Its The only Big City They got

[@alohamilkyway3]

I remember how enraged Filipinos were when a tall condo building were erected behind the historic landmark of the monument of Dr. Jose Rizal. It was an eye sore and called national photobomber. Sadly, there's still no law in the Philippines banning the construction of buildings that ruin national landmarks.

[@bogus3563]

The same is happening in Serbia, the biggest orthodox church temple and the history behind it is covered by a skyscraper and uneducated people support it. Now when you look at the older part of the city, you see only a skyscraper and a new 'dubai' rather than the culture which marked our presence

[@RemoAdh]

Ooh dude do you know that one big statue of like a budhist character somewhere in asia? So a rich man builds it but not to give prayers but to showoff his wealth so locals there just hate that statue and the mean

[@CountDain7]

Yes! Nakakainis!

[@jamesmedina2062]

People need to get Duterte to respond to this issue. I think he can but maybe its too late already. The density of Manila asks for buildings to go vertical. Overall Philippines is a treasure that needs to be protected and greater effort by ordinary people to enforce a clean environment. Its a matter of economics and health as well. Cleaner cities just do better with more visitors.

[@ahronpark3203]

@@jamesmedina2062 sadly POGO buildings built everywhere nowadays, especially here in cavite.

[@karol-7399]

The biggest amount of cities in Europe were founded in medieval times and now they want to save history of this cities

[@jasastopar]

As a european i love europe preventing skyscrapers to ruin everything and still being pretty much the powerhouse of the world

[@jasastopar]

@@epg96 tsunami, in europe, nahhh, do your research before commenting negative comments. And europe isnt and wont have any housing crisis cuz population growth in europe is already very stable and its growing just a bit each year. Europe aint africa or asia where there are mostly just developing countries. Europe is pretty much fully developed so dont expect housing crisis in europe like there are in africa.

[@jasastopar]

@@epg96 well europe is known for high rents, also who said i am from berlin😂 And there are no tsunamies in berlin😂

[@jasastopar]

@@epg96 i didnt say anything about earthquakes, ik that earthquakes are very common in mostcof the europe but ppl just live with it, but i said about tsunamies😂😂😂

[@jasastopar]

@@epg96 well who said all skyscrapers are anti earthquake buildings

[@jasastopar]

@@epg96 ummm... are even listening cuz i said "who said *all* skyscrapers are anti earthquake buildings". Also europeans live with earthquakes for thousands of years and still going strong as a powerhouse of the world. So why would european mayors destroy their beautifull cities skyline and views, just for something europeans live with for thousands of years.

[@kaministquiamahackamack336]

The difference is the fact that the cities on the eastern side of the Atlantic have histories going back thousands of years.

[@WebColorsGr]

In Greece we also have an issue with earthquakes so that's an extra reason you aren't allowed to build above the height limit..

[@marco_grt4460]

Speaking of earthquakes, do you know what the peak is for Amatrice? That of all the structures built in the center and its surroundings, the civic tower, which was the tallest structure in the town (village, maybe), remained standing, moreover the tallest structures suffer less from structural rejection, too bad I don't remember much of what I saw on the tv show "the engineering of epic fail", sure that all the buildings collapse at some point

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

@@marco_grt4460 the ground is not that suitable most of the country is hilly and rockie and there isn't much room to work with it also most Greek cities by American standards are more or less small to medium size towns so it doesn't makes much sense from financial point of view, it's the same reason why malls wasn't that successful either Of course in Athens we have some skyscrapers mostly hospitals and office buildings but they are located far away from the" historic centre " because acropolis hill should be visible from as far as the human eye can catch it without being overshadowed by other buildings Also note that in the early 20th century ( when that legislation was passed)" heavier " buildings in comparison to modern ones wasn't reacting that well during earthquakes and people afraid of them

[@Wok_Agenda]

In my country Greece we torn old houses apart in the 70s - 80s and 90s just to build ungly apartment blocks , i want to say to friends from other countries that their economies started grow the recent years: Respect the old buildings , don't make the same mistakes

[@joseluis7936]

Yeah, same in Las Palmas

[@johnhave1291]

Έχουμε νόμο που δεν επιτρέπει την κατασκευή ουρανοξυστών

[@joseluis7936]

@@johnhave1291 in English, please

[@Inzanityshots]

@@joseluis7936 he said we have laws that doesn't allow skyscrapers to be built althougth i would argue that yes we had them, if the elliniko project go ahead athens would have six new skyscrapers... athens need more high rise buildings but mostly in the suburbs and not the city intra murus .

[@joseluis7936]

@@Inzanityshots thank you

[@Irina-lp9jy]

I live in Belgrade, Serbia, and here they've been destroying all the small pretty old houses since the 90s, it is all becoming ugly gray buildings and skyscrapers now :(

[@kristel3135]

Noooo :’((

[@gideonros2705]

Belgrade was largely destroyed by German bombing during WWII.

[@bogus3563]

Plus jebeni Beograd na vodi. Nervira me sto neobrazovani idioti smatraju da cemo tako postati moderni ili slicno. Uzas

[@bogus3563]

@@rishimranjit9218 Zürich is one of the biggest economic centres in Europewith 600k population and has only 2 skyscraper. There are less developed cities with more skyscrapers than Zürich. Your point?

[@alexanderiii4697]

@Caesarre europeans wants their history seen unlike your america they have no history

[@freudefunken2012]

Very misleading to say that skyscrapers will lower the rent, just look at every major city with skyscrapers in the US that's where rent is at its highest.

[@user-ly1fk9kk9d]

Yep, it was pretty misleading. Most of the skyscrapers are not even residential buildings, they are office buildings.

[@NoNamer123456789]

The point is that having more accommodations overall lowers the rents on average (supply and demand).

[@oshke5225]

@@user-ly1fk9kk9d I guess he meant office rent?

[@pckkaboo6800]

It's not...increase in building density & numbers of humans in one specific area will prop up the rent.. a scheme to juice their wallet all together.. instead of juicing few of them at a time on a single plot of land.. with skyscraper hundreds ,thousands at a time..the modern milking machine..

[@Boby9333]

Skyscraper cost shit load of money to build that why most of them are office building since big company can afford them. The only so few that have housing unit are expansive too and most likely only the upper middle class and above can afford to live in them. Europe's population is also more evenly spread out than in North America. NYC have next to 1/2 of the state's population, NYC metro (I know it's cross nearby state but still) have about the same population of NY state ; Chicago's metro area have 2/3 of Illinois's population ; Houston & LA's metro both have 1/4 the population of their respective state (Texas & California). Toronto, Montreal & Vancouver Canada have about 1/2 of their province's population, these 3 cities alone have more than 1/3 of the country's population. In comparison Paris and London have about 1/5 of France & UK's population; Madrid have 1/6 of Spain ; Madrid 1/15, Moscow 1/5 etc.

[@alber.a1232]

There are skyscrapers, but they are built up in financial areas outside the city center,normally full of historical buildings and remains, so this can be kept unaltered👌🏻

[@Seagull81006]

Not in all European cities, espeically in the UK where cities like Manchester,Sheffield and Liverpool have their skyscraper/skyscrapers in the City centre not in any financial district at all either

[@Aelsenaer]

@@Seagull81006 what does a appartement cost in one of those skycrapers?

[@tortellinifettuccine]

@@Seagull81006 what? Have you ever been to London? The skyscrapers are only built in very specific areas, like the wharf

[@justsamoo3480]

I think La Defense is a perfect example of skyscrapers being build right. Away from historic buildings, but still close enough to the city centre. Also: you don’t need skyscrapers to have cheap rent, look at Vienna.

[@fjellyo3261]

Its actually often the opposite. The high-rises with cheap rents are fugly ghettos. Nobody likes them. And the bank towers or luxury towers are too expensive.

[@SimonRaahauge1973]

@@fjellyo3261 normal people housing is just the least profitable thing there is.. So no investor would build a 300 meter tall tower with housing for normal people.

[@fjellyo3261]

@@SimonRaahauge1973 true. That's why mixed use is the best solution at the moment. Like 30% of new build apartments in a house/project are for less wealthy families.

[@SimonRaahauge1973]

@@fjellyo3261 mixed use, rent regulation, medium density. and all kind of fascilities in walking distance.

[@justsamoo3480]

@@fjellyo3261 But you know that “fugly ghettos” have much more background behind them, you cannot just write off their existence and their history by attributing their problems to population density.

[@AlRoderick]

That bit about the skyscraper in Paris reminds me, there was an artist who used to claim that his favorite place to eat was at the restaurant in the Eiffel Tower because it was the only place he didn't have to look at the Eiffel Tower.

[@jimmyjohnson8233]

it was considered a massive eyesore at first

[@johnlshilling1446]

Love the story! The tower is definitely historic, a testament to the strength and versatility of wrought iron as a building material, but let's face it.., just as the critics of the day were constantly pointing out, it's quite ugly. Marketing propaganda is still used against anyone willing to make such a statement. Another example of "The Emperor's New Clothes" syndrome. France is world renowned for its art.., so -- How could anything French be ugly? -- is the common question asked of people that don't agree. A stupid argument, if you ask me. But! You aren't, and I don't care.

[@viniciusmagnoni6492]

@@johnlshilling1446 Ugly? What the fuck are you talking about, it is aesthetically perfect, radial symmetric, and above all dominant while not vulgar.

[@geminichannel4407]

That is Guy the Mopassant

[@samuelpinder1215]

@@viniciusmagnoni6492 it's a pylon

[@lapisinfernalis9052]

I'm from Germany and I think that skyscrapers ruin the view and the feeling of ancient city centers. It's the same with some new modern glass or abstract buildings right next to old ones. That doesn't fit at all. In Cologne there is a law that buildings mustn't have a certain height so that you can see the cathedral from every direction. That's the reason why some companies built deeper into the ground and have more basement floors. Frankfurt am Main (Main is a river's name) is the only larger city here in Germany with more skyscrapers and they are all office buildings from different banks (Frankfurt is the financial center here). Therefore it has a very unique skyline and is lovely called "Mainhattan"

[@danielawesome36]

@TheComengSpotter575 But underground bases are cooler...

[@Dylan-bc2po]

In Melbourne, Australia we have cities side by side with buildings from the 1800s and I don't really bat an eye.

[@oswinoswald131]

@@danielawesome36 yes

[@jaxteller4978]

069

[@ilqrd.6608]

I think it’s frankly nonsense. Cities are flat, vast, disgusting when it comes to traffic and because the city can’t grow up it wants to grow horizontally but with limited space it leads to horrible housing prices...it’s a nightmare

[@issamr6433]

I’m an European and I like it very much how it is.. I’ve been in many cities with skyscrapers and it was like the people were in a big prison.. as an example I loved Singapore but after a few days it got a little bit unpleasant not to see thing at great distances..

[@scottoliver7636]

The short answer will be that some of the buildings in Europe have stood for a thousand years and will still be here long after the skyscraper's have crumbled.

[@TonyMontana-fs3lu]

@Uncle Pete not always but most if the time new is better

[@gurupilates]

@@TonyMontana-fs3lu no, not really. old is still standing, how is that not better than new?

[@My_initials_are_O.G.cuz_I_am]

@@gurupilates Just because a part of a structure is standing after 1k years, doesn't mean it's better than the new stuff with better materials. 1) The ancient structures that survived, did so because they haven't experienced as much wear and tear as the ones that did not, and had undergone conservation efforts, the only roman roads that exist today are the ones that were hardly used, just a few months of highway traffic would've destroyed them to the point of looking like a dirt path, there's no guarantee that you'd be able to tell there was ever a roman cobbled road there. The buildings that survived are the ones that had extremely bulky structure (by modern standards) The only exception are buildings that were under intensive and extensive conservation for centuries, like Notre Dame, which burned up, recently, due to dry wood accumulated during those conservation efforts. (most of which were pre-modern) If the ancients were to subject their buildings to the same strain as we do ours, they'd be piles of indiscernible rubble after decades. 2) There's more to the quality of an object than just durability, and modern is just more comfortable, cost effective and safer. -Cars are a great example, since they've progressed much faster than buildings, cars in the 50' would likely kill you in a 40km/h (relative) crash, while we now have people routinely surviving crashes in excess of 100km/h. -Today we can build buildings that put the Colosseum to shame with their size, without the need for multiple decades of working milions of slaves to death. -Today's buildings are much more comfortable than anything anyone but the top 0.0001% lived in centuries ago.

[@gurupilates]

@@My_initials_are_O.G.cuz_I_am i live in a house from the 12th century, I just don't agree with you. The US has nothing older than some 200 years anyways . It is not about building things "that put the Colosseum to shame", it's about culture existing before in whichever century in Europe, when the US wasn't even an idea.

[@gurupilates]

@TheComengSpotter575 what, you measure it with 'who has a bigger one? That's not how it works 😂😂😂

[@tomasmachan5736]

Imagine living in the lowest floor of the skyscrapper and having another 5 of these around you... living in the dark 🤣 thanks a lot

[@urbanistgod]

There’s space between skyscrapers…

[@Crissin99]

its the same than living in London

[@hanspeter1078]

@@urbanistgod So you love watching streets?

[@urbanistgod]

@@hanspeter1078 Aren’t you watching streets when you live in a normal not very high building ?

[@TheMusicalKnokcers]

They put officies and shop there

[@aldonastraczek]

I'm Parisian and also lived in London and Copenhagen. We love our cities as they are. We like to see the sky, the panorama, having narrow streets and historical buildings. In French we say "à taille humaine" (human sized).

[@Kebbab.213]

Oui exact

[@fishingoutofwater]

Human scale is the same phrase in english, that’s not some special french phrase lol

[@florimond.]

@@fishingoutofwater it's not exactly the same tho

[@fishingoutofwater]

@@florimond. it literally is, “human scale” is a very common phrase in english for urban planning. I know you love to think french people are special but it’s not true lol

[@florimond.]

@@fishingoutofwater that's not what I'm trying to say, in French "à taille humaine" doesn't have the exact same meaning as "human scale" even though they have the same definition...

[@sonomatteo6533]

I'm from Italy, Naples and I live in a palace that was built in the late 1600s

[@everysoundthereis]

Naples is so beautiful! I fell in love with it when I visited. I'm jealous. You're lucky!

[@sonomatteo6533]

@@everysoundthereis yeah, thank you! But you know, there are many problems with the "efficiency" of Naples..

[@enriquee.m.6706]

Beautiful city and probably one of the dirtiest ones I've ever seen. Garbage on the floor everywhere... So sad.

[@everysoundthereis]

@@sonomatteo6533 Yes, like Enrique mentioned, I remember it had a lot of trash and such on the ground. Do you mean that?

[@sonomatteo6533]

@@everysoundthereis Not exactly. In this period the major of Naples is making progress with trash. I believe that our public transport is very bad, like the underground: too late with timetables

[@fernandogirard9702]

I live in Montevideo. The highest building (and there are just a handful of them) is some 100 mts tall. I'm happy. All the ramblas of Montevideo are a pleasure for any eyes. Things like Dubai are not for humans.

[@danielbarreto1973]

Bien dicho!

[@Polai010]

Montenegro?

[@user-ni3ob3hn6h]

@@Polai010 Montevideo

[@MHBW81]

I have been to Montevideo a couple of years ago. It was so pretty!

[@sybe7523]

Montevideo, Uruguay

[@Max-yn9cc]

Simple answer: Europeans appreciate culture

[@Max-yn9cc]

@@epg96 Some european cities exist longer than many countries, and they still stand to this day. Earthquakes don't happen randomly across the world. Some places get many earthquakes and some get none, Europe gets none.

[@Max-yn9cc]

@@epg96 Turkey and Greece aren't the Europe I'm talking about, by Europe I meant Germany, the Netherlands, France and so on. Turkey always gets hit by earthquakes, it's nothing new......

[@Max-yn9cc]

Italy gets hit by earthquakes once in a while aswell but not as frequently

[@FeZe1997]

Turkey is not even in Europe lol

[@mastahfrederique1147]

Unaffordable housing is an interesting aspect of a culture...

[@Marina-vr2zz]

No skyscrapers for Europe, please and thank you - I (and I believe vast majority of Europeans) love the soul, history and beauty of our cities 💖

[@demonic_myst4503]

Its funny an american makes some end rant about lobying being the problem while every europian in the comments simply doesnt like skyscrapers

[@Marina-vr2zz]

@TheComengSpotter575 Fine, that's your opinion. I stated mine in my comment.

[@nondesperado]

@TheComengSpotter575 Yeah, and they are easier to hit with airplanes, just ask the New Yorkers...

[@mathilde6253]

@TheComengSpotter575 skyscrapers are just ugly big building that light up at night, no history, no meaning. Just tall ugly building

[@comment_god_6959]

@@nondesperado shots fired

[@ambiviaja4374]

If europe start building skyscrapers they lose their enchant. They know why they dont do it, the magic will be gone if they ruin the structures.

[@PaulHojda]

I'm glad there are few sky scrapers in Europe. They are often so ugly and generic and limit sun light and increase traffic

[@zeppelinshy]

Although less means they need to build out more land mass wise therefore also making traffic worse

[@carmelSmores]

They skyscrapers are not ugly they are amazing

[@majesticagent5251]

@@carmelSmores They are ugly. It's just a tower made out of glass and cement. Keep them at financial districts like Frankfurt , but not in antique places.

[@rasheedk219]

@@majesticagent5251 ah yes but boring old boxes made of stone and brick are breathtaking and must be preserved at all costs

[@majesticagent5251]

@@rasheedk219 Yeah because they have history and they are part of the culture. Imagine how boring everything would be if skyscrapers are everywhere. Why would you travel then if everything looks the same?

[@mezo_almadani]

It's illegal how Underrated this guy is

[@LeeMakwiny]

Why is it illegal? That's what is being explained here.

[@eugenelubbock5478]

@@LeeMakwiny jesus christ. thats not what he means. he means this channel is so underatted that it should be illegal.

[@keithngho7466]

It’s illegal how you don’t know another channel: B1M

[@eugenelubbock5478]

@@keithngho7466 ???

[@davedavids9619]

Perhaps because he copies other people's content ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4etkKWderqGgKc

[@irritatingperson7882]

I used to live in York, in England, and there is a height limit not allowing any building to be taller than the cathedral built by William the conqueror. It's a really nice place, I miss it :(

[@melonninja981]

In those small alleyways it's nice to look up and see the cathedral so that you know where you are

[@kevglass4924]

And theirs pub's on every corner, but some the ceiling is so low after a few you don't realise the mind you're head sign or forget from the floor to the ceiling is abart 6 foot 3 inches in york. Should be more safety on the river Ouse as well at lendal bridge, killed a few has that river

[@thomassbulivan6352]

Gayyyy

[@kevglass4924]

R a luv t play hide the sausage tha knows. R didcha no

[@javihernandez2755]

Same happens in Cordoba, Spain. They have the Mosque (now Cathedral) which dates from as far as the 10th Century, so they make sure you can see it on the city skyline.

[@MichaEl-rh1kv]

Skyscrapers do rarely lower rents. The higher the more costly they are to build. All the skyscrapers in the Middle East are only built as status symbols to show: "we can afford this!", not for rational economic reasons. The situation is somewhat different in places like Shanghai, Singapore, Hongkong, where space on the ground is very limited and expensive - but even there the highest scyscrapers are not built as residential buildings for the many, but mostly for show with some luxury apartments mixed in. And nearly no European would want to live in the residential high-risers of Singapore. There are some older high-rise residential buildings to find all over Europe, but they have often a very poor reputation. The skyscrapers in the "financial districts" of Paris, London and Frankfurt were also not built because they are economically feasible. They were built solely for status and representation (and were often difficult to fill). There is however also one German regulation which makes it difficult to use the room in skyscrapers efficiently for offices: Industrial health and safety regulations state that each office has to have access to natural light - in other words: its own window. Which you'll not find in the center of most big skyscrapers...

[@justarandombird]

Honestly, in my hometown (in belgium) they recently built a new appartement and the people already started complaining the skyline was ruined (cus before that, there were only 2 cathedrals, a church and another medival building that rose above it.) Edit: Honestly, i really think skiescrapers are the solution but it has to be in a zone where they don't interfere with the skyline (so not like they did in Brussels) but rather something like they did in Paris with "La defence"

[@EmuMadness]

Ah oe?? Ils l’ont fait dans quelle commune?

[@Demo13923]

As a fellow belguimer i agree

[@oneindigegaming8637]

Just build it on the stupid football fields. There are to much of them in Belgium

[@IsleNaK]

Or they could at least build them so they look pretty. Imagine a skyscraper build in Gothic architecture style or Rococo... I think people wouldn't complain about them as much if the new buildings would just match the old ones xD

[@theCosmicQueen]

@@IsleNaK true. but only go 7 stories. 12 at most. maybe a few towers like castle towers attached.

[@coopboulton]

The one city in The US that has no skyscrapers is Washington DC and for many of the same reasons as Paris and London. They have a lot of height restrictions to preserve the monuments and historical buildings sight lines. Also much like Paris right outside of the city limits of DC in Maryland and Virginia they have many tall office buildings and apartments.

[@jeremiahblake3949]

No building in DC can be taller than the Washington monument according to city code

[@cyanoticspore6785]

London has skyscrapers. The Shard, The Gerkhin, the business district is full of them.

[@coopboulton]

@@cyanoticspore6785 Yeah I know he explained that and he made it clear they designed the city in a way that the skyscraper Wouldn’t block the view for many of the national historic sites.

[@Passportbros8]

Washington DC has Skyscrapers and tall buildings.

[@coopboulton]

@@Passportbros8 sure if you consider 200ft (60m) a skyscraper

[@nembokid8]

I live in Florence, Italy. I have a fun fact for you: the court palace (one of the most modern costruction here) was still built shorter than the "Duomo" (the cathedral) because otherwise it would ruin the wiev of the city ;)

[@didanov]

In Zagreb, Croatia there is a law which says that any building can't be taller than cathedral

[@wcjerky]

The best place to view Firenze is from L'Abbazia di San Miniato al Monte (Ho la foto a tramonto!).

[@AnkurJhavery]

I found Florence to be one of the most beautiful places in this world. You guys should continue to preserve the heritage and beauty of the city and not to be taken away by skyscrapers

[@nembokid8]

@@wcjerky that is a unique place!

[@nembokid8]

@@AnkurJhavery we will, don't worry! Thanks for the visit, hope you come back whenever you want :)

[@melonninja981]

It is sad when I went to NYC there's a lot of old buildings and statues but they are dismissed by the skyscrapers and are easily missed

[@jessicaely2521]

Only if you have blinders on. You still see the beauty of the statues. Central Park is absolutely beautiful. I'm living in a concrete jungle right now and it isnt even in the US. Its Basel Switzerland. From where I'm at it's an 15 minute tram ride or 45 minute walk to a nice greenspace. The parks that are near me is concrete with rocks. Around the play structure there's wood chips. I miss New Yorks parks. I miss having a 5 minute walk to Central Park.

[@theCosmicQueen]

they tore down some of the most beautiful old mansions like from 1800s- early 1900's.

[@gmgish]

Viena is a good example of affordable housing without spreading out or high rises.

[@WienerVL]

@Simon Eminger WOW....ONE Building! Its not so high as it was planed!

[@theworldtraveller8481]

Because of low population

[@ibrahimosama6758]

I think Vienna is not very nice to people from another cities

[@WienerVL]

@@ibrahimosama6758 Realy? How do you know?

[@ibrahimosama6758]

@@WienerVL I have read about their visa laws and citizenship laws

[@NicolasCharly]

French here. Two corrections: 1- it's Montparnasse, with an "a". 2- the sentence "the best view over Paris is from the Tour Montparnasse because you don't see it" was initially said about the Tour Eiffel in the late 19th Century, when it was considered a disfigurement of the capital. "Guy de Maupassant s'opposa, comme beaucoup d'artistes, à la construction de la Tour Eiffel. Après son ouverture, il déjeunait souvent dans l'un des restaurants du premier étage. Un jour, un journaliste l'interrogea et il répondit : « c'est le seul endroit de la ville où je ne la vois pas »." For my french fellows. For the English ones, Guy the Maupassant was a really famous author at that time, and is still actually studied nowadays. It says that he was eating often from one the restaurants found at the second floor of the tower, and, when asked why, he famously replied that it was the only place in town where you couldn't see the Eiffel Tower.

[@TheMusicalKnokcers]

En attendant la citation est entièrement vraie la tour Montparnasse est toujours affreuse 30? Ans après

[@IsleNaK]

and then you don't see much of Paris because of smog :(

[@hendrikschluter959]

But I highly doubt that the Tour Montparnasse will become a city icon for Paris

[@Hollnessday]

In Seville (Spain) there's a law that no building is to be taller than La Giralda (the Cathedral's bell tower and prior to that the Minarete of the old Mosque from the middle ages). This building is the symbol of the city and they're really proud of it. If any contractor tried to break this law people could be willing to destroy the construction site before it's finished.

[@danibermudo6995]

It was great to see the urban landscape and the Giralda as the top of the skyline in Sevilla but, unfortunatelly, they built the Torre Sevilla in 2015 at 2 km from the old city centre, so now when you look at the skyline from outside the city you can see this awful "mamotreto" taller than La Giralda. In my opinion, they ruined the urban landscape

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[@pehash]

In every picture i saw of wallstreet in movies, documentaries and such, i never saw the sun. Whats the point of having a good job if you cannot have a 10 min break of enjoying a hot dog on a bench in the sun near your office. Its a depressing view. I hate skyscrapers, they cast huge shadows and if you live near them, you're doomed in darkness.

[@emanuelvasilesabou9487]

The true fact is that skyscrapers can't compete esthetically with european buildings🤷🏻‍♂️

[@DeadPLayerCZ]

Even functionally

[@jacobhargiss3839]

True, but they also cant compete with the aesthetic of a garbage dump.

[@indmill2136]

Skycrapers looks very artificial like a blank tall stucture covered with glass, and it consumes more electricity, expensive maintanance, excess water requirement, produces excess garbage waste and so on.

[@TheHUPofHWC]

That's not true. On the whole, dense urban areas are more energy efficient than sprawling low density areas. “High-rise buildings enable many people to live, work, spend their leisure time or access public services in a relatively small area and that drives more efficient mass transportation. From an urban planning point of view, towers are very sustainable.” "High-rise developments that combine offices, homes and other uses enable more efficient use of resources, he adds. “Residential buildings typically have different usage patterns to offices, which presents opportunities to share energy and equipment. Technologies such as cogeneration become much more efficient when, for example, waste heat from office cooling can be used for hot water for apartments. We need to start creating vertical communities instead of sprawling horizontal ones.” wsp.com/en-GL/insights/skyscrapers-vs-groundscrapers-which-is-more-sustainable

[@rico4.700]

@@TheHUPofHWC not entirely true, medium density (as in europe) is more effecien regarding firesafety, living quality, and energy consumption. Furthermore, medium density development provides a better quality of life due to the appartements being better connected to the rest of the city. Check out Soft City by David Sim. That book describes the benefits better than i ever could.

[@ilariabarnett8700]

Without watching the above video I can confidently say that in most of European countries we have laws to protect listed buildings and also planning regulations. However, some of our European cities have skyscrapers. We kind of like to preserve our history, when possible.

[@لبیکیاحسین-ش8ش2ط]

The problem is that europe destroy other countries histories. Just see syrian history sites. The other thing is that europe, except italy and greece, dont have history. If you go to thier museums, you will find that 90% of old items are stolen and brought to europe fram Asia and Africa.

[@ilariabarnett8700]

@@لبیکیاحسین-ش8ش2ط yeah, maybe and not all Europe but some nations more than others (like the Saudis have bombed Yemen or the Morish expansion in the middle ages or the ottoman empire was stopped on the outskirts of Vienna). However, you are totally off topic. Stop antagonising, it is pointless, man.

[@francescobaldassarre4893]

2:37 seeing the building I pass everyday like that Is so strange

[@siren369xstar8]

We Scandinavians adore the nature like a crazy !!🙏🌲🌳so no thanx we don’t need to ruin our beautiful natural sceneries!

[@EnsignRedSquad]

Many Americans do too. Our stupid Mega cities, like NYC, think they control New York State but most of the state is mountains, farm and forest.

[@windskm]

But sprawling take a toll on the nature

[@SantaCelest1na]

Respect for the scandinavian citys from italy❤️

[@Yianiz]

I envy you. here in the Philippines they keep on destroying the nature 🥺

[@yussufalkamaal912]

Europe loves lsIam

[@Astrid0705]

Living in Berlin, am happy with our nature, historical houses and great view across the city. Would not like to live in the shadow of skyscrapers or in it. Skyscrapers would really destroy the character of Berlin. PS: And the holes in some houses and historical ruines from WW2 are a constant reminder and warning for humans to not make war again.

[@victorluis9058]

Hii

[@billycroacker]

I'm Italian, my answer to your question is: to not rape our natural and historical heritage and because a landscape made of skyscrapers looks just like sh*t to us. Sorry for the words but that was the quick way to explain it. It's ok seeing skyscrapers when we visit some foreign big city, but no one really wants them here.

[@undeadbandit835]

What about Milan then

[@billycroacker]

@@undeadbandit835 Well, I really think that Milan is one of the (very) few places where we have some skyscrapers (which, btw, are not comparable to the ones you can see in many US cities). And hey, we don't live in 1800 anymore, so it's quite inevitable that we have some skyscrapers here in Europe too. But the point is: we really don't have that many if compared to other countries or cities.

[@theCosmicQueen]

Most Americans don't want them here so we moved away from them . yes they look like shhht.

[@frizzybizz8590]

I was attending a school that was made in 1886..and my grandma's house was built round early 1900's.. Some top built quality

[@jommyknots9091]

where do u live?

[@tobiasmeneertje]

The building where I live was built in the 19th century, the basement dates back to the 14th. Greetings from 🇧🇪

[@Sketchblopp]

Thanks for the video! I'm from Berlin (Germany) and have wondered about that myself (but not enough to actually look it up. :D ) And yes, that Berlin was basically built in a swamp does lead to strange situations. Not only when it comes to building things very tall; tearing down a building is also very tricky because of the risk of destabilising the buildings around it. Whoever decided founding a village there 1000 years ago didn't really think this through.... However, I do admit that I am "sceptical" towards the idea of putting skyscrapers anywhere but less because I am opposed to skyscrapers alltogether. We could really need more and affordable living space. The thing is, It's clearly visible on every new mall, station, office building, school etc. that was built in this area in the last few years, that the main goal was using the cheapest* and ugliest design available and calling that a modern architectural style. If you're so concerned about ruining the view with a tall building, then _don't ruin the view_. Nobody hinders companies to choose a style that fits right in, that imitates 1700/1800 architecture and still fulfils its purpose, is energy efficient etc. Choosing Bauhaus or something else that looks boring or plain alien in a city with old architecture in general is a decision, not something forced upon them like a law of nature. So as long as people want to build skyscrapers that look like Tetris blocks, I will remain unhappy about it. But living in a city with colourful, interestingly designed and environment friendly skyscrapers one day would be very exciting and I'm all for it. * Ok, I admit "cheap" is an assumption of my own, I have no idea how much many is being paid in the process of making a new building. But I assume decorational elements and special materials would add a few Euros to the bill.

[@MTobias]

Berlin's soil conditions aren't the reason for the lack of skyscrapers. Until recently the economy just wasn't strong enough. There were already plans in the 90s for around 15 skyscrapers on Alexanderplatz with great designs by Hans Kohlhoff, see here: www.tagesspiegel.de/wirtschaft/immobilien/alexanderplatz-plan-fuer-hines-tower-laeuft-wieder-an/13880126.html#!kalooga-20590/~%22Frank%20Gehry%22%20~Hines%5E0.75%20~%22Hines%20Interests%20Limited%20Partnership%22%5E0.56%20~%22Andreas%20Geisel%22%5E0.42%20~Tower%5E0.32 For a long time the economy was too weak and there were too man empty lots in the city to build any skyscrapers but recently it improved and there is more of an interest again. Unfortunately in the meantime the left party came to power, which wants to protect what they see as their own GDR architecture and cancelled the Kohlhoff plan because it was "too american (WTF?)". Now, two really ugly designs have gotten approved. taz.de/picture/1724051/948/aa_1-f215c415dbcd0ea75713edf902942934.jpeg www.archdaily.com/514369/gehry-s-berlin-skyscraper-may-be-too-heavy-for-alexanderplatz/5395d160c07a803df40004c8-gehry-s-berlin-skyscraper-may-be-too-heavy-for-alexanderplatz-photo It gets even worse, as those two 150m skyscrapers will remain the tallest in the area for a long time as the Linke has cut all other proposed highrises to 130m in height because they didn't want them to be taller than their own GDR ParkInn highrise. But it gets even worse because they also added lots of hideous commieblocks to the heritage list because, well they want to protect their own dictatorship heritage. It's fucking infuriating.

[@coweatsman]

I don't know why the narrator accepts population as a given. It is a problem. The world can not have continued population growth and it is NOT historically normal. I find it strange that the narrator posits money in NOT building skyscrapers when the situation is the exact opposite.

[@martinmarquez.669]

Mexico city was build on a lake and is sinking every year plus earthquakes like in 1985 and 2017. Yet they build nice buildings and for torre reforma they moved an old historic building, build the tower, and then return the historic building to his original place.

[@martinmarquez.669]

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[@Sketchblopp]

@@martinmarquez.669 Really fascinating, thank you for sharing! I think I read about the temporary relocation of the building a while ago, but not about the whole project and all the effort and calculations that went into the construction of the new tower.

[@irmalair1]

It must be suffocating to live surrounded by skyscrapers omg 😮

[@theCosmicQueen]

as an american i stay as far away as i can from those.

[@tortellinifettuccine]

@@theCosmicQueen bad choice. If you're American, your only choice sadly seems to be shitty suburbs or skyscraper cities. As bad as skyscrapers are compared to mid housing, it's better than living in single family suburbs. Though if you can, I suggest finding mid housing. Chicago is actually quite good with offering mid housing, if you go to the far North side like lake view.

[@redrox3312]

@@tortellinifettuccinewhat about small towns and rural areas. You forgot about those

[@panda5996]

Correction: Skyscrapers represents pollution and human’s damage on the planet in addition to being extremely overcrowded and very unpleasant to live at. It doesn’t represent economy. Because if you are rich you would have bought out the entire land for yourself evicting everyone else.

[@yallheartheteaisboiling9989]

That ain’t a correction, people need skyscrapers for money to provide for the earth

[@ewcho8995]

what a stupid statement. Europe has been declining for decades now. Skyscrapers represent the advance in population which means a bigger economy, more jobs and workforce. Look at asian countries

[@mfargamer]

@@ewcho8995 yep

[@jeremyjeremy19871987]

That’s when you have an history of your own... you don’t need to create absurdly high buildings to have some ego 😅😅 I’m so glad to be in Europe!

[@dorpachter8577]

Tall buildings in urban environments produce less pollution than private homes in suburban areas.

[@CheapSquierBassPlayer]

Lol you can have your culture all to yourself.

[@robertorob2686]

There is history everywhere, high buildings are cool. The problem with Europe is the absurdly high ego

[@JeffDeWitt]

@@robertorob2686 And the smug factor.

[@remains10]

You just got shit architects anymore all the good ones died hundreds of years ago like everything else in Europe

[@itsisk2043]

We just have a different mindset. As a european I've never wondered why my city doesn't build taller buildings or even skyscrapers. I myself prefer to see ancient buildings. So, I guess people use to think likewise.

[@tacitozetticci9308]

You can build 100 new skyscrapers but you can't build a "new" 2000 years old building. You only get to preserve the ones you already have. In other words they're unique and unrepeatable, that's value.

[@theCosmicQueen]

No, most americans love old beautiful buildings. but we dont have many since we haven't been here that long. a lot of our new houses have touches of what looks like old world styles. Because we like that and we miss them. And hate ugly modern houses, inner cities and skyscrapers. People that have lived here for hundreds of years, mostly dont like the big cities at all. Those are for foreigners, newcomers, and businesses. We aren't impressed at all by " big" or "new", we are sick of that look. We left the cities when they got too modern and too big.

[@Thunder_Yoda]

Our family has a house that is mentioned in the churches' archives from 1691. Most countries are not that old.

[@nyx5408]

Omg and i thought my house is old =)))) mines construction date started around the ww1 =))) and i still live in it

[@vaishalisoni6293]

There's a very famous Indian temple in odisha state, sun temple, built in 1250..while there are many such temples and mosques throughout the country dating back to approximately 5000 years from now.

[@williamhughmurraycissp8405]

I continue to be impressed with the conservation of buildings, including housing, in Europe. One may live in a 400 year old building with modern conveniences and a roof that does not leak. The building that houses my apartment was built in 1926 and the envelope of the building requires constant maintenance.

[@theCosmicQueen]

yes well they made them of solid stone a few feet thick. i stayed in some. We need a lot more stone houses in the usa. but it's not a developed industry and extremely expensive.

[@arshvirsingh9369]

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[@CuriousReason]

Wow, thank you! :)

[@pbilk]

Me too! Crazy! only 14K+ subscribers for amazing content!

[@puck7520]

As an italian i would love to speak about our slyscrapers... If we had any! ~semicit

[@pedrovascodeoliveiraveriss6293]

Closest would be Milan.

[@konstantinoslentaris9656]

Maybe, few in Milan and Naples

[@Toyhub2345]

@@konstantinoslentaris9656 Turin exists

[@areswalker5647]

Skyscrapers are an eyesore

[@costaskl6589]

Milan, Naples and Turin

[@deanaustin6713]

We once lived in New York, when I was a kid and live on the 5th floor of a 20 story apartment surrounded by many more tall buildings and I will say it's difficult to get fresh air, you have to constantly have the fan on at all times but I'm schooling in London now, I will just open my 2nd-floor window and the view is awesome.

[@aswini4222]

Imagine the Eiffel Tower hidden due to ugly gray 200 storey buildings..😵

[@fixxa6455]

This.

[@sergeibatiuk3468]

The Eiffel tower itself is a sort of skyscraper and has ruined the city

[@fixxa6455]

Yeah thats why millions of tourists visit paris every month just to see that ugly thing. It also looks like so many other skyscrapers. I have one in my backyard

[@sergeibatiuk3468]

Crazy Chaos Exactly, it's a weird thing. People come to see it for the ads alone, not its beauty. People come to visit Paris for things other then the tower alone

[@fixxa6455]

@@sergeibatiuk3468 Dream on!

[@moshesafdie8628]

Dear Europe : Great decision ! Please keep your beautifull old buildings

[@kpopnation100]

Rotterdam, Milan, and Frankfurt meanwhile: 🙃

[@nehcooahnait7827]

Rotterdam’s high rise buildings are not that ‘high rise’ tho... you should check out The Hague as well

[@egemazute1743]

Don't forget London, Paris

[@ablorenz]

you forgot Moscow

[@ablorenz]

@GNR Forever Moscow is the largest city in Europe

[@WeebMrClean]

@GNR Forever Not only is it in Europe; Moscow is the largest city in Europe.

[@therealleonidas229]

I live in Dublin and to see a skyscraper above the city would ruin everything I love about it ❤☘

[@szaeon]

@TheComengSpotter575 ?

[@szaeon]

@TheComengSpotter575 i know, i put a question mark to question why you'd want to ruin what someone loves about their city

[@YareliPrimee]

Nah the boys would try egg it

[@GodBlade132]

Yeah it would ruin the nice skyline, but at the same time it would be good if rent was more affordable

[@urbanistgod]

@TheComengSpotter575 I love skyscrapers too

[@jc31312jch]

Sky scrapers is that kind of thing you feel impressive at first then you hate it so much after a period of time.

[@_Minos]

True

[@haechiwr]

Been obsessed with skyscrapers for 10 years now, but European buildings are good looking too. Something different from the rest of the world

[@aayushpokhrel8841]

This is what a culture is called someone doesn't have any😂😂

[@斯-y5c]

US have only 300 year history. They know nothing about heritage.

[@BigAl2-u7e]

@@斯-y5c Is this another person who says something about America when they know absolutely nothing? Looks like it is.

[@maskfal9600]

@@斯-y5c Well Americans have immigrated to the US from almost every country around the globe...so yea we know more about heritage than most people think.

[@strikeb1t]

@@BigAl2-u7e You are one

[@peterkotar2324]

@@BigAl2-u7e I love it how peopls call themselves "Americans", when the real Americans are called "Native Americans". You litearlly moved there from Europe. You were a fricking colony. So stfu about heritage, you don't know anything

[@mattiasantangelo9421]

Uh! The city in the thumbnail is Bologna, my city! It's one of the biggest historical center in europe, and definetely one of the best kept, i think my house is 500/600 years old and the district where I live was founded in 1270.

[@TreenaBeena]

If only the walls of your home could talk. It would be so cool to see what your home has looked like and experienced over the many centuries!

[@nickandersson4165]

You didn't research well or it was intentional? London definitely has more than 36 skyscrapers (100m). It is rather over 90. Look here = en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_London Europe has been building skyscrapers without interruption since the 70s, even if there are not as many as in North America or Asia. Here are some current figures without projects under construction. In St. Petersburg stands with Lakhta Center (462m) the tallest skyscraper in Europe. Number of 150 m/492 ft skyscrapers by city in Europe (Completed & Topped Out) Istanbul = ≈80 - 90 (Partly located in Asia 8 x 200m+) Moscow = 58 (including 7 supertalls & 10 x 200m+) London = 30 (1 supertall & 10 x 200m+) Paris/La Defence = 21 (2 x 200m+) Frankfurt/Main = 17 (5 x 200m+) Warsaw = 10 (3 x 200m+) Madrid = 6 (4 x 200m+) Milan = 5 (2 x 200m+) Rotterdam = 5 Manchester = 4 (1 x 200m+) Vienna = 3 (1 x 200m+) Yekaterinburg = 3 (1 x 200m+) Benidorm = 3 Lyon = 2 (1 x 200m+) Turin = 2 (1 x 200m+) Basel = 2 (1 x 200m) Barcelona = 2 Wrocław = 1 (1 x 200m+) Gdańsk = 1 Kyiv = 1 Sevilla =1 Bilbao = 1 Malmö = 1 Bonn = 1 Amsterdam = 1 Brussels = 1 There are also more and more new cities that are building 200 m tall skyscrapers for the first time. Gothenburg & Hamburg build 245m, Rotterdam 215m, Basel 205m, Sofia 202m. Manchester has recently moved up into this league. You see, there is more than enough development on the European continent.

[@fifamaster4212]

What’s the point having a compact area and land not being used when u can use that area to have nice small homes 😁

[@ZhadTheRad]

The tallest building in my city has 19 floors (if you want to see it, go to Google Maps and paste this in the search bar: VQHF+XW Växjö). Most of the tall apartment buildings have like 8 floors, while most other buildings don't have more than 3 - 4 floors I live in Sweden

[@Abz_Qasim]

I’m from London and it’s true that we have soo many small apartments/Flats or houses to be soo expensive

[@steve00alt70]

London has no houses?

[@iceogon]

@@steve00alt70a four bedroom house is often shared between four individuals

[@Vimalanvijay]

We need taller building in London ffs. Housing is soo expensive, tiny and really really old 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@chr0onomeister]

I feel like London could have a little more sprawl, as a treat. Having a green band is nice, but I think you could preserve most of it by turning it into corridors/spokes instead of a solid ring.

[@tantanmustdie]

@@BluntofHwicce The problem isn't people moving in, the problem is the uneven distribution of jobs which is concentrated in London. The British people themselves are flowing into big cities to find decent jobs.

[@lcomelli]

The urban legend that says that more buildings represents more democrat living opportunities for people, when in fact we know that it generates more opportunities of speculation and profit for investors.

[@outlander_9790]

Yeah cheeper apartments but at the same time more crowded cities