City size comparison

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Philadelphia is about 2.2 times bigger than Richmond.

Richmond is approximately 155 sq km, while Philadelphia is approximately 348 sq km, making Philadelphia 124% larger than Richmond.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Richmond vs. Philadelphia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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