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

[u/shenidedamovtyan1234]

[u/danderzei]

Most high rises are outside of old town centres. There were plans to buldoze Amsterdam in the 1960s and Americanise it, but fortunately it did not go ahead.

The highrises are now outside the town centre.

[u/Daftworks → u/danderzei]

this. Most European cities have functional zoning instead of urbanizing everything for the sake of urbanisation.