how long until toronto surpasses chicago on skyscrapers?

[Northern Light]

Over a month now and I'm still patiently waiting for all these fantastic new proposals to be revealed.

It's easy to see that the number of new proposals has dried up a lot this year...

LOL, @Koops65

Yes it slowed down from its peak; but I gave you 14 new or updated threads over the weekend.

And psst; something is coming after I've had my coffee.

 

[Koops65]

Excellent!

 

[rdaner]

Hey! I got screamed at on IG by somebody from Chicago for questioning the assertion that it was booming in every way and to deny that was unpatriotic. Whatever! I really don’t care but googled to check my info to make sure that I was not misinformed which is a grievous sun in my books! Guess what? Not only did Chicago lose population in the last census it has been doing so since 1960! This explains why it has such a large rail network but few riders.

 

[TRONto]

Hey! I got screamed at on IG by somebody from Chicago for questioning the assertion that it was booming in every way and to deny that was unpatriotic. Whatever! I really don’t care but googled to check my info to make sure that I was not misinformed which is a grievous sun in my books! Guess what? Not only did Chicago lose population in the last census it has been doing so since 1960! This explains why it has such a large rail network but few riders.View attachment 518904

Population has been declining. On the flip side, # of households has gone up. Average household size has gone down dramatically.

 

[Koops65]

This is all fascinating, but we should be comparing skyscrapers...

 

[Koops65]

New year, new numbers:

Toronto skyscrapers - 131 (109 complete, 22 U/C) PLUS the CN Tower!

https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?searchID=110800453

Chicago skyscrapers - 141 (140 complete, 1 U/C)

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So, in the 1.5 yrs since I last posted about these numbers, Toronto has gained 6 towers, while Chicago has gained 2. Chicago has gone from +14 towers to +10 towers. Toronto is still slowly catching up, despite a massive downturn in the development scene.

To answer the question in the thread title, at the current rate (4 towers per 1.5 years) it will take 4 and a bit years for Toronto to catch up.