City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 2.8 times bigger than Riverside.

Riverside is approximately 210 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 181% larger than Riverside.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Riverside vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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