City size comparison

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Dayton is about 5 times smaller than New York City.

New York City (including all five boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island) is approximately 781 sq km, while Dayton is approximately 145 sq km, making Dayton 18.51% the size of New York City.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New York City vs. Dayton uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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