Amazing Skylines

I simply love skylines. My adrenaline surges by just looking the bewildering array of skyscrapers. That's why I like travelling! We can actually catch a glimpse of what the city really looks like, how it works, cultures and history. Skyline speaks for the city itself. It represent the landmark, the identity.

*** This listing ranks cities by the visual impact of their skylines. It is drawn entirely from statistics in this website's database, and reflects only completed high-rise buildings as defined by the Emporis Standards Committee (ESC). This calculation does not include TV towers, masts, bridges, or other structures.

Place		City	Population	Area	Buildings²	Points³
1.		Hong Kong	6,943,600	1,053 km²	7,651	126,515
2.		New York City	8,363,710	800 km²	5,768	37,955
3.		Singapore	4,351,400	685 km²	4,332	17,334
4.		Chicago	2,853,114	589 km²	1,098	17,020
5.		São Paulo	10,990,249	1,523 km²	5,644	16,811
6.		Seoul	10,331,244	616 km²	2,875	16,805
7.		Shanghai	9,145,711	6,639 km²	982	14,681
8.		Tokyo	8,653,000	621 km²	2,689	13,282
9.		Bangkok	7,587,882	1,569 km²	779	12,733
10.		Guangzhou	6,560,500	7,434 km²	501	10,984
11.		Dubai	1,241,000	3,885 km²	458	9,825
12.		Toronto	2,503,281	630 km²	1,765	8,248
13.		Chongqing	6,300,000	82,403 km²	530	7,919
14.		Shenzhen	1,245,000	2,020 km²	348	6,890
15.		Moscow	10,443,000	1,081 km²	2,030	6,399
16.		Beijing	7,746,519	16,808 km²	898	6,307
17.		Kuala Lumpur	1,800,674	244 km²	541	6,158
18.		Rio de Janeiro	6,161,047	1,261 km²	2,466	5,666
19.		Jakarta	9,341,400	661 km²	387	4,801
20.		Macao	453,733	21 km²	557	4,661

Obviously, HK, NYC and Singapore have the most highrises. To compare and rank a certain skyline, we need to take population and area into accounts. Like, Chongqing has an area of 82,4203km2 whilst KL is just 244km2. It's more accurate to compare HK and NYC which have close population and size. This's the skyline part.

To rank 'world city', we look into areas like International, first-name familiarity, participation in international events, fairly large population, international airport, advanced transportation system, international financial institutions, advanced communications infrastructure, World-renowned cultural institutions like museums, lively cultural scene and etc.

Todate, only 2 cities, New York City and London are ranked as Alpha World Cities ++, whereas Hong Kong, Paris, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing are Alpha World Cities +

My favourite skylines (random):-

HONG KONG simply the BEST

Hong Kong at night

New York City the Big @pple

Shanghai

Another view of Shanghai

Chongqing, China!

Metro Manila, Philipines

Asia's New York, Sydney

Seoul, the 'fastest' city in the world.

Pearl of the Orient - Penang

Tokyo tower from far

Dubai. Burj Dubai, the world tallest tower in construction!

metro KL

KL night scene

Small nation can do wonders - Singapore

In Asia, it's indisputable Hong Kong has the best skyline while Shanghai catching up fast. While others like European nations have their very unique style of skyline.

Simply just a post about my interest into skyline & city, do share with me what you think!