JD
Master Member
Or vice versa? Or they're both versions of New York? Or...?Metropolis is Chicago. Gotham is New York.
Historically, Metropolis was modeled after NYC - although the original skyline was inspired by Toronto. Metropolis was even nicknamed the Big Apricot.
But, even I was surprised to learn that in the comics, Metropolis and Gotham City were often depicted as twin cities - usually within driving distance from one another, at times with a bay between them and at one time with the 'World's Longest Suspension Bridge' separating the two. In the 90s, Metropolis was placed in Delaware and Gotham City in New Jersey.
Frank Miller summed it up best: "Metropolis is New York in the daytime; Gotham City is New York at night."