High buildings are - as a rule - for countries with no or little heritage. Its good for a culture-less country like the US or those whose cities are wholly inadequate for modern adoption, like the Chinese.* Of course we could have built skyscrapers in Europe, but what would have been the point? Or cities are already largely built, and the skyscraper would just ruin the city-character. It wouldn't be an improvement but a degeneration to a lower level of civilization.
I know you're trying to be offensive here, but still. Saying that a country such as the US is cultureless is just buffoonish. Saying that tall buildings are a representation of a lack of culture is silly, since rather it is an aspect of a different culture. Just as an American may fail to see how British people respect a history that, to us, seems unethical and shameful, you may not understand ours. Why do the tops of Russian buildings resemble onions? It's their culture. Why do Americans and other developing nations try to build super tall buildings? Don't think of it as a giant phallic symbol, think of it like a big middle finger to the rest of the world.