> I live in the fourth-largest and sprawliest metropolitan area in > North America (Houston). Looking just at the US, Wikipedia[1] says that the fourth larges

> I live in the fourth-largest and sprawliest metropolitan area in > North America (Houston). Looking just at the US, Wikipedia[1] says that the fourth largest metropolitan area is DC/Baltimore. Not sure about the sprawliest. Houston proper is the fourth largest city by population,[2] although that distinction really ought to belong to Brooklyn.[3] [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_of_... [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b... [3]http://www.brooklynpaper.com/assets/photos/33/41/33_41_welcomebackgrab_z.jpg http://www.brooklynpaper.com/assets/photos/33/41/33_41_welco... (cue "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian)