City size comparison

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Portland is about 4.5 times smaller than Milwaukee.

Milwaukee is approximately 249 sq km, while Portland (map shows its 17 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 56 sq km, making Portland 22.4% the size of Milwaukee.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Milwaukee vs. Portland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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