Texas is less than a quarter of the size of Alaska.

for the curious

https://s3.amazonaws.com/thetruesize.com/mockup.html#?borders=1~!MTUyMDkxMDE.MTAzOTgyMDE*MjQ2ODk4MDE(MTIxODI5NjU~!US-TX*ODYwMTU3MA.MjIyNjgwNzA)Mw

I grew up in Texas and moved to England. I remember my first weekend there looking at a map thinking of going to visit Cambridge. It was a couple of inches away on the map and I thought, should be an hour maybe an hour and half drive. Imagine my surprise when I arrived in Cambridge in 20 minutes. I forgot to take into consideration scale.

Yes it was a paper map, I know I’m old.

I realize it’s all for jokes but I think neither the image nor comments images are adjusting for actual area, since on a projected map there will be warping outwards of center.