Which are bigger and better cities?

Question

My name is Andrian from Indonesia.

I'm a little bit confuse with all of the cities in U.S.A. Which are bigger and better from the lists, depends the number!

1. Seattle, Vancouver or Olympia?

2. Carson City or Las Vegas?

3. Sacramento, San Fransisco or Los Angeles?

4. Santa Fe or Albuquerque?

5. Austin, Dallas, or Houston?

6. Topeka, Wichita,or Kansas City?

7. Madison or Milwaukee?

8. Springfield or Chicago?

9. Tallahassee, Orlando, Sarasota, or Miami?

10. Lansing or Detroit?

11. Columbus or Cleveland?

12. Columbia or Charleston?

13. Raleigh or Charlotte?

14. Augusta, Portsmouth, or Portland?

15. New York or Albany?

16. Rochester or Buffalo?

17. Philadelphia or Newark?

18. Washington D.C, New York, Los Angeles, or Las Vegas?

19. Concord, Montepelier, or Boston?

20. Providence,g Hartford, or Trenton?

21. Dover, Annapolis, or Charleston?.

Please give your reason and give a little describe for each city in each number which better from technology, government, or another sides, and bigger?

Thanks for you all

I just wanna study about Geography of U.S.A, because I want to be a Geographist.

-Try Andrian- ;-)

Answer 1

13.  Charlotte is bigger, but Raleigh is better.  (Stronger economy, more diverse population, better educational opportunities, less conservative.)