Boston is about 2.8 times bigger than Hartford.

Hartford is approximately 45 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 175% larger than Hartford.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Hartford vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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