Comments by "vangrails" (@vangrails) on "The B1M" channel.

  1. It is modern but lots of addicts and homeless.
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  2. Conservatism? Gay marriage started in the inner city of Amsterdam with its mostly 17th century buildings. Singapore has lots of skyscrapers but gay men are not allowed to have sex. And Apple is a great company but it its new HQ is not a skyscraper. Same with many other great companies. Skyscrapers are not miracle 'machines'.
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  3. China has plenty of culture and history but sadly many of its old buildings have been destroyed.
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  4. Why? I am not saying that you are wrong. I am just asking why?
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  5. That is too simple. Gay marriage didn't came into existence in a brand new suburb of Phoenix Arizona but it came into existence in the inner city of Amsterdam, an area where most buildings are 17th century. Modern ideas and preserving old buildings can walk hand in hand.
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  6. How do you know? A 15 year old watching this now can still be alive by 2100.
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  7. And do you like that or dislike that? You are free to destroy those buildings.
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  8. I see no problem with new business districts with high rises and skyscrapers as long as there are metro lines that connect to these new districts. That is evolving a city for new demands. I really don't want skyscrapers in the inner city of Amsterdam.
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  9. Tourists don't want to visit Rotterdam. Its existence is ignored.
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  10. The first gay marriage was in the inner city of Amsterdam with its mostly 17th century buildings, not in Dubai or Hongkong and Apple's new Head Quarters in California isn't a skyscraper at all.
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  11. You are welcome!! I hope you will have a nice time.
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  12. Where do you live exactly? Is there really no skyscraper near you?
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  13.  @Sva010  They have but they often chose not to preserve it.
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  14. Germans should say: Es ist mir egal.
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  15. Which city did you grew up in/around? Shanghai? Anyway, do you think the inner cities of European cities are all old drab concrete buildings? If that is the case then why do so many people want to visit for example Amsterdam? The question is not only if skyscrapers are esthetically pleasing but the question is also how to combine skyscrapers with old heritage buildings in an esthetically pleasing way. Maybe it is best to build new districts at the edge of the city for offices, high rises and skyscrapers and connect them with metro lines? Like La Défense in Paris.
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  16. But do you need real skyscrapers to solve the affordability issues or just more high rises?
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  17. It is a bit far removed from the historical centre but you can get to the skyscraper area by metro, express metro and train.
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  18. Finland is closer to the North Pole than for example NYC so Finnish skyscrapers create more shade than the same skyscraper in NYC.
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  19. They will create a lot of shade because Helsinki is far away from the equator.
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  20. It is America that likes invading other countries (imperial mindset). France and Germany warned the US not to do that but the US desperately wanted to invade and many Americans now want to invade Iran.
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  21.  @AeneasTroy  Feel free to check out what the US has done in the Philippines and there are still Americans who deny that the Philippines was a US colony, they say it was only a territory. Also the US treated the Cubans like shit but became really angry when they turned to communism. And just look at what American judges did to Argentina during its debt restructuring a few years ago. And "manifest destiny" is an American invention. You say: "I can't speak for everyone but i haven't met anyone who supports invading Iran YET." Well I have never met someone in France who want to recolonize Vietnam or Cambodia. And how many people in the UK want to recolonize India? I have never met such a French or UK person, France will never recolonize Vietnam and it also doesn't desire to recolonize Vietnam but the US will invade Iran. And that is not only because of these big corporations, these big corporations often reside in skyscrapers or high rises by the way. Donald Trump builds skyscrapers and lived mostly in skyscrapers but he is racist af. If indeed new buildings means new ideas and progressiveness then tell me how many social innovations are born in the brand new suburbs of Phoenix Arizona? Not that many! Things like gay marriage and legalisation of weed started in the inner city of Amsterdam with its mostly 17th century buildings and not in a brand new suburb of Phoenix.
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  22. Of course everyone has history and culture but Europeans often make the choice to preserve old buildings and old neighbourhoods.
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  23. Indeed, but often just 100 meters or so, quite tall but not tall enough to count as a skyscraper.
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  24. By building new districts at the edge of a city.
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  25. Construction started in 1882.
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  26. To me Tokyo is not a city that has preserved its history. A lot has been destroyed by redevelopment and a lot has been destroyed by bombings and earthquakes. Alex Kerr has written extensively about how much is gone in Japan when it comes to nature and old buildings. The Japanese really love concrete. Even in Kyoto a lot is gone.
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  27. It has 7 skyscrapers. Is that a lot?
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  28. Have you never been to Frankfurt?
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  29. Your Christmas playlist is boring.
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  30.  @artguy1169  You can modify comments
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  31. Not impossible but also not trivial. Such buildings often look weird.
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  32. Are any of the new ones or coming ones taller than 600 meter?
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  33. Absolutely, everyone already knows NYC.
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  34. Skyscrapers make every city look the same, they don't make a city pop out. Most cities on this planet already look very similar. I am not against skyscrapers if they indeed enhance efficient use of scarce resources but they don't make a city pop out. Seoul for example doesn't pop out at all, all South Korean cities look and feel extremely similar, some are bigger and some are smaller but non pop out. Same with Japanese cities. I like Seoul and Tokyo because of its people, not because of their architecture. If American companies want to open a branch office in the Netherlands they mostly prefer Amsterdam above Rotterdam. Rotterdam looks much more similar to an American city but Amsterdam attracts more creative and talented people than Rotterdam. Amsterdam is flourishing (despite or because of all the old architectures), it is not that Rotterdam is failing but Amsterdam is doing better. Creative and talented people want "culture and different" and Amsterdam offers that. And how backwards is Amsterdam compared to new cities? Gay marriage came first into existence in the inner city of Amsterdam with it mostly 17th century buildings. It didn't first came into existence in a brand new suburb of Phoenix Arizona. Same with legalizing weed.
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  35. Skyscrapers take away a lot of light and the closer to the North Pole or South Pole the more shadow they create. A city like Amsterdam is already so often overcast. Today is a Summer day but I see only greyness when I look outside. Cities like London, Amsterdam and Copenhagen are much closer to the North Pole than NYC.
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  36. And which city is 'our' city?
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  37. All skyscrapers on this planet took inspiration from Manhattan except some in Chicago.
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  38. Yes, the contrast between old and modern can indeed be interesting but not every modern building is a skyscraper. Skyscrapers completely dominate their surroundings. They make other buildings 'disappear'.
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  39. Do you really like the destruction of the Ajyad fortress? Really?
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  40. The historical center of Paris is very densely populated, replacing the old buildings with skyscrapers will not make that much of a difference.
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  41. European city centers are already high density. Much higher density than American cities with the exception of Manhattan. A lot of people live and work in those old buildings in Paris. Manhattan is the exception in the US, it is not the normal.
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  42. Japan preserves the temples and the shrines but a lot has been lost in Japan, even in Kyoto. Alex Kerr has written extensively about this. Furthermore Japan is very densely populated and is very mountainous, they really have very little space.
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  43. US infrastructure is often not so well maintained. Donald Trump would come with a plan to improve it but there is still no plan. Traffic jams are increasing in LA and San Francisco.
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  44.  @nochatter7134  I was disappointed when I visited the US. It is all not so rosy and shiny but I learnt in the US the appreciate my own country more. Americans are good in marketing, promoting and evangelizing stuff but reality is not like that. I do like seeing the skyscrapers of NYC from a distance but I don't feel a real desire to visit NYC again. When you see the streets of NYC up close then the magic disappears very quickly. I had high hopes about the US, I really did. You worry about disease in Europe and diseases can happen of course but the average life expectancy in my country is higher than in the US. I don't see why I should be more concerned than you about diseases. The US has awesome nature but I am not so much into nature.
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  45. Housing isn't an issue in Singapore? Source please.
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  46. But do skyscrapers provide affordable living? You loose so much space to elevators.
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  47. Dublin, the tube in the cube.
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  48. A lot of companies are not that fond of enabling employees to work remotely anymore because of two reasons. 1. lack of control and 2. there is less exchange of ideas when people don't talk face to face. Cities are growing and growing because cities enhance the sharing of ideas and that means more tall buildings.
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  49. Who is we? There are plenty of wind turbines in the Netherlands.
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  50. China has indeed plenty of history but it is saddening to see how many of their old buildings have been destroyed.
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