City size comparison

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Richmond is about 1.2 times bigger than Boston.

Boston is approximately 124 sq km, while Richmond is approximately 155 sq km, making Richmond 25% larger than Boston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boston vs. Richmond uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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