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Old 10-25-2015, 10:45 AM
 
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I know Houston has a huge land area, but to see that Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and 2 other cities would fit inside of it, it's surprising.
Gives you a different perspective.

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Old 10-25-2015, 12:31 PM
 
Location: The Greater Houston Metro Area
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I knew that about OK City (being from there) and Houston - but Jacksonville was a big surprise. I use MAPfrappe a lot to give newcomers prospective. This map will be handy, also.
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Old 10-25-2015, 01:36 PM
 
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Big city = big government
That's the hypocrisy in Texas where Houston and San Antonio are two of the top 10 biggest cities in the country
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Old 10-25-2015, 03:59 PM
 
Location: Texas
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I knew that about OK City (being from there) and Houston - but Jacksonville was a big surprise. I use MAPfrappe a lot to give newcomers prospective. This map will be handy, also.
We lived in Jacksonville from 2006-07 and can confirm it has a huge geographic footprint and it feels like it, too. Larger even that Houston, especially in proportion to the size of its population. It always reminded me of Houston in a way (aside from the fact Jax is on the water)- the trees, the weather, even something about the people was similar.
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Old 10-25-2015, 11:31 PM
 
Location: The Lone Star State
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Media normally hates Houston for whatever reason -- whines about the geographical size, weather, road views etc. though the other major Texas cities aren't dissimilar.
I knew Jacksonville and a few others were geographically larger, though many people don't hear of that because it wouldn't fit in with the anti-Texas narrative (sans Austin, even though Austin is less dense, less diverse and much less sophisticated to Houston in comparison).
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Old 10-25-2015, 11:36 PM
 
Location: LA, CA/ In This Time and Place
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I knew it about Jacksonville and Houston but Oklahoma City was a surprise. All these fittings seems unbelievable.
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