Skyscrapers are first and foremost a space saving measure in places where you have to cram plenty of office space into a downtown location in order to accommodate all the people who are going to work there.
The notion that a skyscraper is a sign of development and affluence comes from places that have no space.
Sweden doesn’t need skyscrapers for two reasons:
- we actually have space in our cities.
- many operations are shifted to small towns because in this day and age, there is no need to confine everyone physically to a big city location, and then pay crazy rents.
When you live in Sweden, you notice that all your bills come from obscure little towns, not from Stockholm.
Why put a skyscraper in there?
There are some high buildings here, but if you’ve been to Shanghai or Hong Kong, they look pretty quaint.
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