Will the most expensive viewpoint show the best version of a city?
Height changes what you see, but also what you miss.
The most spectacular view is not always the most revealing one.
Observation decks promise a complete city in a single glance. Yet cities are not built from skylines. They are built from routines, negotiations, habits, and encounters that disappear from high above.
The paradox is that the higher you go, the less human scale you see. Expensive viewpoints often maximize beauty, while ordinary streets reveal behavior. One shows the city's shape. The other shows its life.
