City size comparison

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Dallas is about 1.5 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Dallas is approximately 880 sq km, making Dallas 49% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Dallas uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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