City size comparison

compared to

Oakland is about 1.8 times smaller than Detroit.

Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, while Oakland is approximately 202 sq km, making Oakland 56.22% the size of Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Oakland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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