City size comparison

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Boston is about 2.2 times bigger than Portland.

Portland (map shows its 17 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 56 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 122% larger than Portland.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Portland vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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