Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 139,966, in 2013, the population was estimated to be 151,218. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C. 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