Los Angeles is about 46 times bigger than Charlottesville.

Charlottesville is approximately 27 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 4,478% larger than Charlottesville.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Charlottesville vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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