City size comparison

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Chicago is about 12 times bigger than New Haven.

New Haven is approximately 48 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 1,118% larger than New Haven.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Haven vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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