City size comparison

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Austin is about 1.4 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Austin is approximately 829 sq km, making Austin 40% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Austin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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