City size comparison

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Houston is about 33 times bigger than Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara is approximately 50 sq km, while Houston is approximately 1,659 sq km, making Houston 3,186% larger than Santa Barbara.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Santa Barbara vs. Houston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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