City size comparison

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Chicago is about 4.1 times bigger than Dayton.

Dayton is approximately 145 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 308% larger than Dayton.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Dayton vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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