Height_restriction_laws can be a great way to hold back the vertical scale of a city. Usually, the cities with the tallest buildings are also the more economically prominent ones. However, that's not alway the case.
Honolulu has several buildings over 40 floors, but none are office towers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Honolulu
Phoenix only has one building with 40 floors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Phoenix , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Phoenix#Tallest_buildings:_approved,_site_plan_under_review_or_proposed
San_Diego has some buildings over 40 stories, but none of them are office towers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_San_Diego
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height_restriction_laws#Canada Despite Canada having a vast area of land, only a tiny portion of that land has some very tall buildings on it.
Montreal is small when compared to Toronto, but big when compared to Vancouver.
https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_dad=portal&_pageid=2762,3101387&_schema=PORTAL
Montreal won't be allowing any 100 story towers like those in NYC, Chicago or Melbourne anytime soon.
Just allowing a 50-60 story building is still a big deal for Montreal.
Vancouver won't permit any building to rival what is in Calgary or Seattle.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-view-cone-impacts-broadway-plan-cambie-street
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/central-broadway-plan-view-cones-mountains-queen-elizabeth-park
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-tower-building-shadowing-solar-access
