City size comparison

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Boston is about 2.6 times smaller than Rotterdam.

Rotterdam (map shows its 22 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 319 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 38.83% the size of Rotterdam.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rotterdam vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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