City size comparison

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Houston is about 6 times bigger than Reno.

Reno is approximately 282 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 488% larger than Reno.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Reno vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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