City size comparison

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Boston is about 3.2 times bigger than Alexandria.

Alexandria is approximately 39 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 221% larger than Alexandria.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alexandria vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Alexandria is 17.5% cheaper than Boston
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