Atlanta is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia, with an estimated 2013 population of 447,841. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, home to 5,522,942 people and the ninth largest metropolitan area in the United States. Wikipedia

Portland is the largest city by population in the U.S. state of Oregon, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers. Wikipedia