City size comparison

compared to

Boston is about 1.3 times smaller than Gent.

Gent is approximately 158 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 78.6% the size of Gent.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gent vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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