City size comparison

compared to

Boston is around the same size as Salem.

Salem (map shows its 1 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 127 sq km, while Boston is approximately 124 sq km, making Boston 97.82% the size of Salem.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Salem vs. Boston uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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