City size comparison

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Milwaukee is about 2.1 times bigger than San Francisco.

San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, while Milwaukee is approximately 249 sq km, making Milwaukee 106% larger than San Francisco.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of San Francisco vs. Milwaukee uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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