City size comparison

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Salt Lake City is about 1.2 times smaller than Detroit.

Detroit (map shows its 92 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 359 sq km, while Salt Lake City is approximately 287 sq km, making Salt Lake City 79.93% the size of Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Salt Lake City uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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