City size comparison

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Houston is about 8 times bigger than Boise.

Boise is approximately 221 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 652% larger than Boise.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boise vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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