Size matters — how big is Dallas (in area) compared to other cities?

Everything is bigger in Texas — including Cities

The City of Dallas services have a lot of area to cover (Police, Fire, Streets, Code Compliance, Animal Services, Trash, Water). The economies of scale to getting services coverage 15 miles from the city center are not an issue in Washington DC (highest in spending per citizen — which is MUCH smaller city geographically), but definitely is in Dallas.

Dallas is 10th in area size, but only 29th in population density (in the top 50 cities in population). We have the 15th largest budget, but are 42nd in spending per citizen.

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Case Study (Dallas vs. Washington DC)

Analysis of spending in America's largest cities - Ballotpedia