City size comparison

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Chicago is about 7 times bigger than Springfield.

Springfield is approximately 83 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 615% larger than Springfield.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Springfield vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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