City size comparison

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Boston is about 1.3 times bigger than Rochester.

Rochester is approximately 93 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 34% larger than Rochester.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rochester vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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