City size comparison

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Rochester is about 1.3 times smaller than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Rochester is approximately 93 sq km, making Rochester 76.55% the size of San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Rochester uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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