City size comparison

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Chicago is about 1.7 times bigger than Atlanta.

Atlanta is approximately 350 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 68% larger than Atlanta.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Atlanta vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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