the One World Trade Center building

[-p.tiddy-]

This is the classic case of which average are you using mean or median.

There's 75 people in bar who's average (mean) net worth is $100,000.

Then Bill Gates walks in.

Now the average net worth is a billion dollars.



Also in Dubai, most of the people living there are not citizens.

right, I quite sure the article I got that from (here) meant the by law citizens...420,000 people

[KevinNYC]

we got a ton of snow this winter and when it melted the building was a slide for falling ice and snow; so much so that they had to close off certain areas. Not sure if they corrected this yet, but you'd think that the architects would have known better

Actually that is the case for most new skyscrapers after an ice storm. The trade center is not fully occupied and not fully heated, so you can get sheets of ice building up.

It's was just news because it was the trade center.

[KevinNYC]

I'm going to NYC in about 6 months...will visit for sure

The memorial with pools is pretty nicely done. You don't feel like you're in NYC right next to a highway. You really don't hear the city.

[BrooklynZoo]

Actually that is the case for most new skyscrapers after an ice storm. The trade center is not fully occupied and not fully heated, so you can get sheets of ice building up.

It's was just news because it was the trade center.

well it was news cause it was dangerous, but yeah they said once its occupied it would warm up. Seems a little odd that it wouldn't still be at least a minor problem

[KevinNYC]

right, I quite sure the article I got that from (here) meant the by law citizens...420,000 people

just looked up the Emir of Dubai and the guy who commissioned the building.

When he got married his wedding cost 100 million dollars. In 1979 money.

[embersyc]

The Nakheel Tower project has been cancelled since 2009, unfortunately.

Yep, here are the tallest buildings currently under construction: