City size comparison

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Salt Lake City is about 2 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Salt Lake City is approximately 287 sq km, making Salt Lake City 48.69% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Salt Lake City uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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