City size comparison

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Chicago is about 36 times bigger than Cambridge.

Cambridge is approximately 17 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 3,460% larger than Cambridge.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cambridge vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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