Most of Manhattan isn&#x27;t actually all that tall. Just go over to Google Maps and look at it in the tilted 3D view: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;maps&#x2F;place&#x2F;New+York,+NY&#x2F;@40.6654432,-73.9847289,11919a,20y,40.13t&#x2F;data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c24fa5d33f083b:0xc80b8f06e177fe62!6m1!1e1" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;maps&#x2F;place&#x2F;New+York,+NY&#x2F;@40.6654432,-...</a><p>The south end and midtown are tall, the rest is not. You can stuff way more density into Manhattan than currently exists.<p>And Brooklyn is shorter yet, of course. Could put way more tall buildings into Brooklyn if you wanted to.