City size comparison

compared to

Houston is about 6 times bigger than Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City is approximately 287 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 478% larger than Salt Lake City.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Salt Lake City vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Salt Lake City is 0.6% cheaper than Houston
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