In Europe (and Japan) though, the places with narrow spaces between buildings usually have low buildings as well.
There is much more light in most European cities, even in the business districts with high buildings, than at least the few American cities I have been to, like Montreal or NYC, because usually where there are tall buildings, then there are also wide spaces between them, see in Paris for example: http://paris-ladefense.com/sites/default/files/styles/raison...
There are indeed places that are more in the shadow in the old city centers, but nobody likes a place that never gets sun.
Correction: when you have tall buildings they need to be spaced apart to avoid murkiness at street level.
In San Francisco financial district it gets dark around 4pm in summer when sunset is around 9pm. Imagine if those skyscrapers were as close together as the buildings in your picture.
Also I’m pretty sure that’s Japan. The filename says Tokyo.
> In San Francisco financial district it gets dark around 4pm in summer when sunset is around 9pm.
No it doesn't, the ambient light is sufficient to allow normal activities without requiring additional illumination until well past the summer solstice's dusk at 8:30pm.
Unless by 'dark' you mean "I couldn't see the sun when I left to get a MUNI".
Tell that to almost anywhere in Europe: http://newworldeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Shin...