Mega-City One is way worse. Even if you do move out, most of the rest of the world is worse than its corresponding location in the DC Universe.
Ukrainian Red CrossIt depends. Are we counting all the continuities as valid, like Grant Morrison does? Does the Cataclysm earthquake count, or is it 'cheating' since it was a 'simple' natural incident, not man-made? Are we counting the Contagion plague too?
edited 29th Aug '13 6:47:26 PM by NapoleonDeCheese
Even if you do, MC-1 has had the Apocalypse War, Necropolis, Judgement Day, Chaos Day, and Bachman's insurrection. And that stuff's all canon.
Ukrainian Red CrossPros and Cons of Gotham City. The Pros You can move out. The Bat Family patrols (Could be seen as a con) Most crime happens in the slums. Upper class areas are normally safe. (Normally)
The Cons The Joker and the other homicidal criminally insane residents of Arkham Asylum terrorize it. The police force is mostly corrupt in stories set in Batman's early career. It seems to get little daylight. Which is bad news.
Pros and Cons of Mega City One.
Pros A mostly non corrupt justice system Judge Dredd Judge Anderson Awesome Technology Impressive Skyscrapers and views Some amusing stories and sights
Cons Almost everyone is a criminal You can't move out and if you did you'd go into a dangerous,irradiated and barren wasteland The Dark Judges made it their personal project A highly strict and non flexible set of rules bordering on tyranny and a police state A psychopathic kid criminal mastermind The Chief Judges either get used or turn out to be insane A lack of manpower to report to all reported crimes (or is that just the 2012 movie)? Has seen A LOT of disasters as Hot Scientist mentioned above
Anything I missed?
edited 30th Aug '13 1:55:21 PM by Imoo57
Actually, I think the manpower issue applies to the comics, as well. It certainly does after Chaos Day.
Bordering?
Just for the record, he's an adult now.
That actually brings up another aspect of Gotham - nobody ever ages. This would be a big pro for someone in their 20s or 30s, a minor pro or a neutral aspect to someone in their 40s or above, and a pretty big con for teenagers and children.
50% of population died in the Apocalypse War, 5% in Necropolis, and 75% in Chaos Day. Judgement Day also took a toll, but there were never any numbers given.
Did Batman ever say how many died in the likes of No Man's Land?
It's perhaps also worth noting that in the movie, the per capita reported crime rate is 25% that of modern America
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Even so, the aging thing becomes as much of a joke as remaining ageless after some point. Just look at Dick Tracy, who's been getting vaguely older and older for decades and decades now.
Dreddverse characters age in real time. Judge Dredd has been going since 1977, and Dredd is now 36 years older than he was when it began. We saw America Beeny's birth in 1996, and she's now 19 years old.
edited 1st Sep '13 4:02:54 AM by VampireBuddha
Ukrainian Red CrossWell, Depending on the Artist it can be hard to tell that Dredd's nearly 70.
Direct all enquiries to Jamie B GoodYeah, I know about that. I was talking about what we see of his face.
edited 1st Sep '13 12:45:04 PM by optimusjamie
Direct all enquiries to Jamie B GoodI believe the only cybernetic implants he has are his eyes, which got ripped out by his future zombie form.
However, he does have access to anti-aging treatments, which give him (and most judges outside Psi Division) reduced biological age.
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Basically, the question I'm asking is:which of these two infamous comic cities is worse?
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