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Map Shows Chicago with World Population in Backyard

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jul 25, 2011 4:10PM

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Map created by Joe Germuska

What if the entire population of Earth were confined to Chicago? Joe Germuska answers that question with this map that shows the land mass needed to fit the nearly 7 billion people on the planet into Chicago. "City state" doesn't even begin to cover it. Packed sardine tight, it would fill an area including the southeastern United States and into the Eastern seaboard.

Imagine the tensions if that population were settled into the middle of a heat wave like last week. Yeesh.

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