Here are some comparisons I like to use that really put things in perspective, particlarly for Europeans: 1. The Greater Houston Metro Area is larger than Wale

Here are some comparisons I like to use that really put things in perspective, particlarly for Europeans: 1. The Greater Houston Metro Area is larger than Wales; 2. Greater Houston has fewer people than London but is almost twenty times the area; 3. IIRC if liad out the Greater Houston area over England it would stretch from London to Birmingham; 4. Greater Houston is, in fact, larger than several states including New Jersey; 5. Greater Houston is more than half the size of Switzerland.