The Asian cities we visited were "all the same", pretty impressive, obviously they all were on water except Bangkok. Seoul impressed me in having mile after mile of tall apartment buildings 30-40-50 stories high, mostly packed together along a freeway. The idea of a single family home anywhere we visited is not a thing. Most folks live in some high rise apartment somewhere.
Seoul didn't really have a specific skyline because everything is spread out. A lot of it is along the Han River which does show something of a skyline, but it's not really linear the way Chicago or NYC tend to be. Miami is very linear, as is Seattle, SF is a bit clumped in the downtown, San Diego is fairly linear along the waterfront. Linearity tends to exaggerate the appearance I think or render it more impressive versus an area of tall buildings spread out in a square. Atlanta doesn't have a waterfront, but it has a "highway front" which makes its skyline mostly linear.
I think Dallas and Houston are in the spread out category. Dubai is spread out with one ultra tall building. Doha was more linear and nicer looking we thought.
