City size comparison

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Detroit is about 2.9 times bigger than Boston.

Boston is approximately 124 sq km, while Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, making Detroit 190% larger than Boston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boston vs. Detroit uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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