City size comparison

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Boulder is about 17 times smaller than Los Angeles.

Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, while Boulder is approximately 70 sq km, making Boulder 5.73% the size of Los Angeles.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Los Angeles vs. Boulder uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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