Metropolis, Illinois
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Metropolis is a city located along the Ohio River in Massac County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,482. It is the county seat of Massac County, Illinois.
On January 21, 1972 DC Comics declared Metropolis "Hometown of Superman". On June 9, 1972 the Illinois State Legislature passed Resolution 572 that declared Metropolis the "Hometown of Superman," the comic book superhero who is based in the comic book city of Metropolis.http://www.ozarkvacation.com/illinois/?ar=73 Among the ways it celebrates the character are a large Superman statue in the city, a small Superman museum, and an annual Superman festival that is in June. Also, it has a local newspaper, known as The Metropolis Planet, a name inspired by the newspaper in the comic book version of Metropolis, The Daily Planet.
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Transportation
Metropolis is served by Interstate 24, a regional Interstate Highway that runs from Chattanooga, Tennessee northwest to St. Louis, Missouri via Interstates Interstate 57 and Interstate 64. It is also served by U.S. Route 45, which runs geographically east-west through the area but runs north to Chicago and south to Paducah, and is signed north-south.
Illinois Route 145 lies east of the city and serves remote areas of nearby Shawnee National Forest.
Metropolis vs. Smallville
The city of Metropolis in the Superman saga is typically depicted as a large American city, such as New York City.
The town of Metropolis, Illinois, is a lot more like Superman's adoptive midwestern home town of Smallville (DC Comics). There are no movie theaters in Metropolis. Residents who want to see a theatrical release of a Superman film, ostensibly set in their town's fictional namesake, must travel to another town (typically Paducah, Kentucky) to do so.
In a reference of uncertain intent (sincere or satirical?), the real town of Metropolis is portrayed in one Superman comic-book story, "Adventures of Superman" #515 specifically, as a town whose citizens idolize, what is to them, the real-life Man of Steel. A villain named Massacre arrives in the town, having gotten lost and thinking he was in the "other" Metropolis, the city where Superman actually lives. He attacks a security guard and threatens many citizens in order to get proper directions to Superman's Metropolis.