City size comparison

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Pittsburgh is about 1.2 times bigger than Boston.

Boston is approximately 124 sq km, while Pittsburgh is approximately 143 sq km, making Pittsburgh 16% larger than Boston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boston vs. Pittsburgh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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