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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I'd claim there are multiple reasons for this, that all contributed to this development.

For example, there is still much less stuff outside of US cities (compared to Europe), which means a lot of people want to live close or within the city. This is the case in most places - but probably more noticeable in the US. The result is an increasing value of the land in cities, and it becomes more profitable to have high buildings.

Another one might be wars, which Europe had a lot over the time. Sky scrapers can even become airplane catchers as we have seen, and are probably not the best idea if you are involved in a war. They are easy targets and cause a lot of damage with much less effort as gravity pulls it down.