City size comparison

compared to

Boston is about 1.2 times smaller than Richmond.

Richmond is approximately 155 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 79.89% the size of Richmond.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Richmond vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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