A sharp contrast to what Metropolis' usual image as a towering, gleaming monolith of steel and glass, the suburban regions of Metropolis look like the suburbs of any other region. Plenty of white picket fences, green lawns, and small, but respectable apartment structures. The neighbors are often quite friendly, and in many ways it seems like stepping back in time to an idyllic view of the 1950s. Well. When supervillains aren't tearing through the mailboxes.