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Originally Posted by dc_denizen
Urban areas, which disregard arbitrary municipal boundaries, are the most important metric. Use urban areas, and SF is indeed a far bigger city than San Antonio or Austin. If SF had annexed its suburbs like those cities, its population would be around 4 MM (while leaving the east bay as another large city, 2-3 MM people).
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Right. Or, San Francisco is what, 50 sq miles? Measure 50 sq miles from the center of Austin and you'd get what, like 135-150,000? Seems about right... but yeah. Same principle more or less.