City size comparison

compared to

Detroit is about 2.3 times smaller than Austin.

Austin is approximately 829 sq km, while Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, making Detroit 43.36% the size of Austin.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Austin vs. Detroit uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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