Is there a difference between the city and the village, with preference given to the city? And what is the meaning of the verse: "And if only the people of the cities had believed and feared Allah, We would have opened upon them blessings from the heaven," and the hadith: "Goodness is in the city"?

If the questioner is referring to the hadith, "Madinah is better for them," then there is no contradiction between it and the verse. Madinah possesses great qualities that make it superior, among them: receiving blessings in sustenance due to the Prophet's supplication, intercession for those who die there, especially if they endure its hardships, safety from the Dajjal, the fact that faith retreats to it, and prayer in the Prophet's Mosque is better than a thousand prayers elsewhere, except for the Sacred Mosque.