Question

What is the main reason for which buildings in the city centre are usually taller than in the suburbs?

Answer 1

Answer:

In the center of the city, land values are high, and there’s usually enough transit to support getting a lot of occupants to and from the building, so high rise works. (And low-rise doesn’t, for what you pay for the land.) Outside the city center, you only build tall if there’s a special reason to create an island of greater density. Usually, those wind up being luxury apartment towers, hotels, or vanity buildings that function as a billboard for a company.Land is usually cheaper near the edges of every city, so that is where people tend to live.