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Right, my claim is that NYC will not get many more tall towers. It's settling down into a state where there will be few more.

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I believe your hypothesis is not entirely correct. 9 of the 10 tallest buildings in NYC are to be completed between 2000 and 2021.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_N...

In Europe, if you exclude Russia from the top 20 tallest buildings, the UK (2), Germany (2) and Spain (2) have the tallest buildings, with the UK and Spain buildings built in the 2000s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_E...

Welp! Thank you! Boy am I glad no one fleeced me on the bet, eh?

You have a refreshing way of accepting when you are wrong, it is a joy to witness on these here pipes.

New York City has built 50 new skyscrapers in the last 5 years.[1] Including 432 Park Avenue, taller than the Empire State Building. It's an apartment building. Modeled after a trash can.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_N...

I like 432 Park Ave! It looks very cool, in my opinion, like a rendering error. The 50 new skyscrapers does directly falsify my idea, though. Let me quickly edit so I don't get taken for a ride on the bet.

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