State size comparison

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New York is about 986 times bigger than Boston.

Boston is approximately 124 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 98,515% larger than Boston.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Boston vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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