The governor of Illinois has been arrested. He is entitled by law to appoint an interim replacement for vacant senate seats. In this case, he was filling the seat vacated by Obama.
Apparently, he tried to sell his appointment. Good going.
Yeah, there are a lot of common elements between those cities and Gotham.
However, some maps show Gotham and Metropolis sitting on opposite sides of a large bay. Perhaps, at least in the relevant storyline, they were drawing on SF and Oakland?
Probably not.
This thread is now about Batman, and, to a lesser extent, the greater D.C. universe.
I just associate Chicago more with organized crime, like Capone and all that. Batman started shortly after that whole mess, and while it has elements of both cities, the "atmosphere" seems more Chicago to me.
Chicago is such a beautiful city, too. It's sad that it is inhabited with so many horrible people.