Go to emporis, add up all the highrises from every city in a metro. Completed, Under Contruction and proposed. For example: Dallas + Fort Worth + Arlington + .... Obviously New York and Chicago will come in first and second, but who is third? From some quick checks Miami and Washington DC suprisingly appear head and shoulders above the rest.

For Miami: Miami + Ft.Lauderdale + Miami Beach + Aventura + Sunny Isles + Coral Gables + West Palm +...= 1269 either complete or in various stages of development.

Washington + Baltimore +.... Looked to be over 1000 as well. I'd be interested to see the LA numbers. Also I just used Emporis which VASTLY undercounts Miami Beach. It lists MB as only having 156 when a more accurate count would probably be closer to 300.

more than likely miami, dc, sf and la.

i think metro miami is second and chicagoland is 3rd, followed by metro LA in fourth.

one thing is for ABSOLUTE certain, NYC is definitely #1.

actually one of the editors from Emporis.com listed the stats for metros over at SSP about a year ago and Miami was third after NYC and Chicago....all with over 1,000+ highrises respectively.
LA isn't even in the top 5 if I recall.

Did they give a total for NY? That would be interesting. NY + Jersey City + all those NJ cities.

I tried Washington DC + Baltimore + Alexandria + Arlington + Bethesda + Tysons Corner + Chevy Chase + N. Bethesda and came up with 879. I'm sure I missed some cities that could raise that value a little.

Miami Metro

How about Atlanta's metro too?

I would have guessed Houston to be third.

How about Atlanta's metro too?

Atlanta?...Not enough density (thus necessitating highrises) to keep up with the really big metros like NYC and CHI, and not enough waterfront to build condos and hotels like MIA does.

I would have guessed Houston to be third.

you would have guessed wrong..................

bay area and miami easily overtake houston.

Its Miami because, there is no more room to grow execept up.

so mre highrises

If DC has the 800+ highrises it's a real disapointment because you can't see more than a few from any single point (except DT Balt. which is a pretty small and low grouping). Its' hardly a skyline IMO if you have to drive for miles to see a few 12 story buildings here and there. The bay area is better but again the buildings outside SF and Oakland are too far apart to be seen as a group. It seems like the definition of a skyline should include how impressive it is from one vantage point.

miami

Houston mabe 4th or 5th.

Actaully Houston is not even in the top 10!!! I made a complete list and am making a new thread for it.

They count high rises as 12 or more stories which kind of bugs me but D.C. and Miami, maybe the Bay Area, seem like logical choices.

you would have guessed wrong..................

bay area and miami easily overtake houston.


well i am all for anti high density sprawl.