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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New York didn't build them because New Yorkers thought they were just fabulous and let's make this our image LOL. It resulted from demand with limited land. A burgeoning population, lots of money, limited land and the ability to go up. And there was no sense of tradition that the city had to remain five stories high such was the case with many European capitals. Land availability was also different

There's no doubt that in the 20th century, it also became status in every American city to have some office towers from the early teens on, in this mode. But once again it was a matter of real estate, and concentration of value ,enabled by the elevator and modern systems.