City size comparison

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Riverside is about 2.8 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Riverside is approximately 210 sq km, making Riverside 35.63% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Riverside uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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