City size comparison

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Austin is about 2.3 times bigger than Detroit.

Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, while Austin is approximately 829 sq km, making Austin 131% larger than Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Austin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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