Talk:Skyscraper Index

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Did you know... that the Skyscraper Index has shown that the world's tallest buildings have risen on the eve of economic downturns?

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Burj Dubai & 2008/9 International Financial Crisis[edit]

It could be noted that the world's tallest building, the Burj Dubai, is being constructed during the worst economic crisis since 1929... Perhaps the story of the Tower of Babel relates to this hypothesis!

user Joebobs 12/01/2009 @ 20:23 GMT —Preceding unsigned comment added by Joebobs (talk • contribs) 20:24, 12 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Kingdom Tower and covid[edit]

Jeddah Tower started in 2013 and 10 years later is stalled, at first from the 2019 Saudi purge, but then complications from covid, which was also a major downturn for 2020 to 2021. B137 (talk) 09:21, 3 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]