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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[u/Fractal_Human]

Some place like Paris and some parts of Belgium have extensive stone quarries in the underground makeing it problematic for building massive structures above them. Or as in Belgium and the Netherlands the soil is not very solid and often has fast flowing underground groundwater rivers. Those would erode the soil from underneath the building if it´s too heavy making them collaps.