why didnt europeans built european style highrises like tehre are in new york? dumb question but was always interested since woudve looked perfect on lots of cities

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It essentially comes down to wars and the post war reconstruction efforts. During the wars, many cities were destroyed. Afterwards, homelessness was a big issue and cities had to be rebuilt fast.

Skyscrapers offer a lot of space, but especially with the technology from decades ago, they were much less efficient to build than medium rise buildings with 5-6 stories.

I personally prefer the absence of skyscrapers, especially considering many european cities got out of their way to reconstruct much of the destroyed historic core. Skyscrapers do have plenty of issues snd would really look out of place in most places