City size comparison

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Houston is about 2 times bigger than Kansas City.

Kansas City (map shows its 145 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 815 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 104% larger than Kansas City.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kansas City vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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