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It's not a matter of population, but land. Berlin is about 345 square miles; Houston is 640.
by bdcravens 2y ago
It's not a matter of population, but land. Berlin is about 345 square miles; Houston is 640.
- KingOfCoders 2y agoBerlin including suburbs ("Speckgürtel") is ~1400 square miles.
- BenjiWiebe 2y agoSo approximately 1/7th the size of the Houston metro area.
- bdcravens 2y agoIf you includes the suburbs, the Houston area is roughly 10,000 square miles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Houston#Geography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Houston#Geography
- tstrimple 2y agoAnd thus their additional challenges are caused by their absolute neglect of urban planning. If only someone could have predicted that spreading single family housing over hundreds of square miles was going to create a maintenance nightmare.