City size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 3.7 times bigger than Saint Louis.

Saint Louis is approximately 160 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 269% larger than Saint Louis.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Saint Louis vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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