City size comparison

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Los Angeles is about 3.5 times bigger than Philadelphia.

Philadelphia is approximately 348 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 249% larger than Philadelphia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Philadelphia vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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