Is Gotham City the worst place to live?

Is Gotham City the worst place to live?

Gotham is the most crime-ridden city in America, as well as the biggest. There are a great number of psychopaths, crime organisations, serial killers and unpredictable lunatics including the most dangerous criminal in the world - The Joker.

Is Gotham City ghetto?

If you're talking about the word ghetto by the dictionary definition, then yes it is. It's a section of Gotham City closed off to enclose a specific population of society.

Is Gotham a corrupt city?

In terms of story, it's because Gotham has been corrupt for so long, that it's become endemic to the city. To me, Gotham is like an example of what would have happened if Prohibition was never repealed in the Real World, and mob organizations were allowed to remain in control of the cities.

What is the bad part of Gotham called?

The Bowery — Described in the comics as Gotham City's worst neighborhood. Bordered by Crime Alley to the north, The Bowery is home to Crown Point, a smaller inner-district ridden with crime, homelessness, and prostitution.

Why is Gotham so dark?

An ugly place that's always dark due to a cloud of smog covering the city at all times like the city is producing coal all day and night. Miller turned Gotham City into the worse possible place to live in the DC universe, a place you wouldn't even look at.