City size comparison

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West Palm Beach is about 4.2 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while West Palm Beach (map shows its 34 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 140 sq km, making West Palm Beach 23.66% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. West Palm Beach uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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