City size comparison

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Houston is about 4.6 times bigger than Detroit.

Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 362% larger than Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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