The Metropolis Water Gap

Here's some info that probably nobody cares about.

With new Superman and Batman movies coming out, I was trying to figure out where Metropolis and Gotham were in relation to each other, especially since they're both, in a sense, New York City.

Oh, turns out I was horribly wrong.



Metropolis, as you can see, is based in Delaware. And Gotham City is in Southern New Jersey.

What?

I think it's pretty reasonable to suspect what I had, that Gotham City (which is also a nickname for NYC for goodness sake) is the dark, crime-ridden side of New York, and Metropolis is the light, bright shiny skyscraper side.

In fact, they are where they are because their creators lived there. And now that I know all this, I'm glad they named 'em that, cause Batman operating out of Millville, and Superman being the protector of Dover just wouldn't have the same ring to it.

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