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Re:Proposed Oklahoma skyscraper gets redesign to become USA'... by criddell on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @11:53AM (#39105952)
This would be the sixth tallest building in the world. How many of the five above it meet your criteria?

This building would become a major tourist attraction. Will the leases and other income generated by the building be enough to pay off the bankers? If so, then it will likely be built.

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Re:Proposed Oklahoma skyscraper gets redesign to become USA'... by jqpabc123 on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @12:07PM (#39106157)
How many of the five above it meet your criteria?

All of them have higher population density and per capita income than OKC.

For example, Kuala Lumpur has 17X the population density of OKC.

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Re:Proposed Oklahoma skyscraper gets redesign to become USA'... by irrational on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @12:11PM (#39106202)
Yes… a major tourist attraction in… Oklahoma. I’m sorry, but nobody is looking to go to Oklahoma on their vacation, especially not to see a tall building.
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Re:Proposed Oklahoma skyscraper gets redesign to become USA'... by indecisive_user on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @12:45PM (#39106786)
It's like a 90min flight and $120 ticket for me. I would absolutely make a trip out there to see the tallest building in the US, especially with how out of place it would look next to the rest of the skyline.
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Re:Proposed Oklahoma skyscraper gets redesign to become USA'... by m_myers on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @12:35PM (#39106609)
Nor was anyone looking to go to the Arabian Peninsula on their vacation 30 years ago, and yet here we are.
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Re:Proposed Oklahoma skyscraper gets redesign to become USA'... by irrational on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @08:36PM (#39112528)
I did not know that was a hot vacation spot. But, even if it is, it has the advantage of being foreign and exotic. That can’t describe Oklahoma except in a negative sense.
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Re:Proposed Oklahoma skyscraper gets redesign to become USA'... by criddell on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @03:19PM (#39109158)
Oklahoma has a pretty healthy tourism industry.

https://www.travelok.com/

Of the people who go to Oklahoma for vacation, I would expect some of them would definitely make a stop at this building.

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