City size comparison

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Chicago is about 3.2 times bigger than Milan.

Milan is approximately 182 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 225% larger than Milan.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Milan vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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