Rochester is a larger city. Without checking, I think about twice the population as Albany. read more
Best Answer: The others are correct, Buffalo is bigger than Syracuse in both population and land area. As a matter of fact, Buffalo is the second largest city in New York State, only behind New York City. read more
Gives it sort of a city feel, but not really big or urban. Buffalo has traditionally felt like the big “major league city” of Upstate NY (light rail, a theater district, famous foods, pro sports,etc) . With the others have more of a Tripple-A feel. read more