Discover which cities in the DC Universe have become a paradise to live in, as well as the cities in which chaos is the common denominator
There is no doubt that some of the places we would like to visit sometime are the cities and towns that exist in the DC Universe, although like any city, these places have their pros and cons.
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Just ask Power Girl or Naomi McDuffie. The first thing you’ll want to do after getting your bearings is find a place to live. Don’t worry, we still have New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, along with most of the cities you’re used to.
But you may be wondering what life would be like if you moved to Metropolis or Gotham City. So, we’ve put together this handy guide for you on the best cities in the DC Universe to consider settling in until the next reset (and which ones to consider avoiding). Let’s take a tour!
Amnesty Bay
- Walk Score: 80
- Transit Score: 50
- Villain Free Score: 40
Small town charm with coastal amenities and a walkable historic downtown that has seen underinvestment but has great potential.
The only recommendation is to stay out of the splash zone or you will get wet.
blüdhaven
- Walk Score: 60
- Transit Score: 65
- Villain Free Score: 35
Once a city that suffered under the reputation of “Poor Man’s Gotham,” this historic whaling town has seen a number of refreshing revisions since that nasty Chemo affair.
An up-and-comer with good bones and a boom in tourism, thanks in large part recently to an angel investor from the prestigious Wayne family.
Central City
- Walk Score: 20
- Transit Score: 30
- Villain Free Score: 30
The capital of the Midwest has its share of supervillains, but you’ll find that any problem tends to be solved in a flash.
But when it comes to getting around… unless you’re the Scarlet Speedster, you’re going to need a car.
Coast City
- Walk Score: 70
- Transit Score: 50
- Villain Free Score: 60
Surprisingly dense and walkable for a west coast city. Almost as if the designers were more familiar with the big cities in the Northeast style and assumed the West Coast would be the same or something.
Most of the villains have left him alone since the whole Mongul and Cyborg Superman event, but word has it that Hal Jordan may be coming home soon and trouble follows that guy across the universe.
Gotham City
- Walk Score: 40
- Transit Score: 80
- Villain Free Score: 5
One of the most famous cities in the DC Universe. New York-style public transportation and services, with lower rents…mainly because of all the supervillain attacks. Oh yeah, and rampant government corruption.
Great transit scores though! Walking ability would be greater if he could reliably get from one place to another without being held at gunpoint or exposed to Joker toxin.
HubCity
- Walk Score: 10
- Transit Score: 5
- Villain Free Score: 90
If you want to get a good idea of how tough life is in Hub City, the bad parts of Gotham are where Hub City residents go on vacation.
Mayor Fermín’s greatest achievement is to make the sanitation services work every week. No real supervillains to speak of, just your run-of-the-mill urban decay. Avoid this city.
ivytown
- Walk Score: 90
- Transit Score: 30
- Villain Free Score: 70
As a university campus (or Ciudad Universitaria in CDMX), it is walkable with a variety of great food options. During the summer, however, substantial parts of the city empty out, making it an uncomfortable home for those neither studying nor working at the university.
There’s also the madness-inducing elder god below it, but a superhero will usually step in to deal with any significant damage to the residents’ collective subconscious.
metropolis
- Walk Score: 90
- Transit Score: 50
- Villain Free Score: 15
There is generally less street crime than Gotham City, but it is more prone to attacks by high-powered and alien supervillains. Superman does a great job supplementing the emergency services.
Traffic is terrible, but the city has good public transportation and walkability. However, you pay for Metropolis to be “cleaner” than Gotham at higher rents.
Opal City
- Walk Score: 100
- Transit Score: 90
- Villain Free Score: 95
We honestly don’t understand why more people don’t move here. Opal City has all the glamor of Metropolis or Gotham with far fewer supervillain attacks; in fact, practically none in the last thirty years.
Even the city’s resident superhero was able to retreat. True to its name, Opal City is a real gem, both because it’s a wonderfully livable place and because it’s probably very expensive.
smallville
- Walk Score: 50
- Transit Score: 5
- Villain Free Score: 90
Ironically, it is actually very large for a small town in Kansas, as if the statisticians who provided the population figures were using a Northeastern standard for a small town population. (I miss that).
However, it’s a good place to live if you want to get away from it all, but Smallville doesn’t offer many amenities. Of note, Superman spends an odd amount of time here, a fact the residents have collectively decided is none of his business.
Star City
- Walk Score: 80
- Transit Score: 80
- Villain Free Score: 20
Many people will tell you that Star City is a lot like Seattle, except one has Green Arrow. Very walkable, great traffic, and high rents, though lower than most Northwest cities thanks to Emerald Archer’s rogues gallery.
That’s the trade-off across the board: the lower the rent, the more chance you have of getting hit by some sort of umbrella, boomerang, or laser gun that turns you into cheese. Welcome to the DC Universe. A superhero will be here to help you shortly.
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