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Re:Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper... by cafard on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @04:31PM (#17510056)
Wikipedia doesn't show anything in Washington, DC, higher than 15 stories, for what that's worth. I certainly have never thought of it as a "skyscraper city".
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Re:Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper... by jhbadger on Thursday July 12, 2018 @06:30AM (#17513358)
The urban area of DC is much larger than literal Washington DC and many places there that are technically suburbs certainly do have skyscrapers. For example, "Crystal City", which is technically in Virginia but functionally part of DC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_City,_Arlington,_Virgi...

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Re:Chicago Is America's Last Remaining Affordable Skyscraper... by markaz on Wednesday July 11, 2018 @05:44PM (#17510522)
Washington D.C. has a height limit for buildings[1]. I think the article was just mentioning it as an example of an expensive city, not trying to call it a skyscraper city.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_of_Buildings_Act_of_191...

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