City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 5 times bigger than Grand Rapids.

Grand Rapids is approximately 116 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 409% larger than Grand Rapids.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Grand Rapids vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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