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darkflame927 t1_je3esl7 wrote

I didn't really know this until recently but fun fact, canonically, Gotham City is located in South Jersey by where AC is lol

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VelocityGrrl39 t1_je3meio wrote

Gotham has been located a lot of places. DC is inconsistent like that.

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mapinis t1_je3qtxw wrote

This old asylum is North Jersey tho :)

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SPKmnd90 t1_je3ukfm wrote

And isn't Metropolis in Delaware? Even more hilarious.

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scyber t1_je4ken7 wrote

Not really near AC (depending on how you define "near"). It is on the Delaware bay. Metropolis is across the river in Delaware.

https://www.reddit.com/r/newjersey/comments/roe14m/til_that_gotham_city_is_in_new_jersey/

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njstein t1_je4n9gd wrote

it's fucking pleasantville.

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njstein t1_je4nhiq wrote

wait fuck i'm bad at maps. it's more like millville (is the closest city because the land highlighted is a wildlife refuge)

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Workodactyl t1_je52vai wrote

I think Gotham City is also based on Newark, which wasn’t some of The Joker shot at?

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