The Fictional City with the Best Cost of Living

I’m not sure if you folks are aware or not, but living in New York City is expensive. Rent here will have you feeling like they are charging for air as a utility. If you want to move you have to take into account location, whether it’s near a train stop or a bus, whether the nightlife is loud on weekends. Then sometimes you have it so good with the location you’re at that you don’t want to move despite that rent racking up numbers. This got me thinking about all the shit you’ll tolerate for a place with a great location. Now imagine if you lived in a fictional city like Gotham. Picture the person that lives directly across from the where the Bat Signal is set up. That obnoxiously bright light beaming through the windows damn near every night, ’cause you know the crime rate in Gotham doesn’t take a day off. They have to be throwing the comforter over their head while saying to themselves, “Think of the closet. The walk-in closet is worth it” [divider type=”space_thin”] Which also got me thinking: what fictional city would I tolerate living in? In what place would I feel most comfortable? You’d think this would take some time but I already know in my fanboy heart of hearts — I gotta go with Metro City from the Final Fight beat ’em up video game series on Super Nintendo. It’s a city, it’s bright and vibrant, they’ve got a great public transportation system set up. The only real downside has to be the crime due to the Mad Gear Gang trying to run the city. But the crime just has …