City size comparison

compared to

Detroit is about 1.2 times smaller than New Orleans.

New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, while Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, making Detroit 81.88% the size of New Orleans.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Orleans vs. Detroit uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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