City size comparison

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San Francisco is about 2.1 times bigger than Chapel Hill.

Chapel Hill is approximately 56 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 115% larger than Chapel Hill.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chapel Hill vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Chapel Hill is 30.8% cheaper than San Francisco
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