City size comparison

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Cambridge is about 7 times smaller than Boston.

Boston is approximately 124 sq km, while Cambridge is approximately 17 sq km, making Cambridge 13.36% the size of Boston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boston vs. Cambridge uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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