City size comparison

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Chicago is about 1.5 times smaller than Dallas.

Dallas is approximately 880 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 67.06% the size of Dallas.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Dallas vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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