City size comparison

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Chicago is about 13 times bigger than Hartford.

Hartford is approximately 45 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 1,210% larger than Hartford.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Hartford vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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