Random thoughts...

@gabriel_true bro you sayin youd rather live in gotham than metropolis? thats equating the tourist version of nyc to the slum parts. at least superman will kill these fucking monsters, batman just lets them live, locks them up, they escape, kill and terrorize, and the cycle repeats. people irl dont move out of ghettos due to shit like generational wealth; how do you accrue wealth when your options are shit? while this may (heavy may as whos to say that these systemic issues would also apply to the white citizens of gotham) apply to those gotham residents who live in the slums, why don't the lower/middle and middle class leave?

@a1ephy it's legal in my state where an employer can mandate you to work overtime as long as they give you overtime pay and do have the right to fire you for not going or refusing to go

@secretagentboi its not just joker, and you need to consider the heroes. superman is a fucking superhuman alien whos altruistic thanks to his upbringing. batman is a normalman richboi pseudo furry who is unwilling to compromise his narcissism larping as morals and kill a villain. in metropolis all you have to worry about is the occasional super villain, where as in gotham you also have to survive the shitty economic disparities as well as the mafioso, petty thugs, and corrupt politicians that thrive on it. no sane person would live in gotham over metropolis

Depends on the era. Silver age Gotham would probably be safe because most crimes are about stealing money and valuables rather than killing.

@momoichi i mean I've been reading comics recently and the only difference I've seen between the cities is that metropolis is sunnier since in the first issue of the new 52 it's literally just superman going after corrupt politicians and sure in the early years i would've rather lived in Metropolis rather than Gotham because when both Batman and Superman are inexperienced superman claps Batman but as they progress Batman ends up being pretty much the most dangerous person on the planet which was even stated by the justice league to me it just sounds like you have a bone to pick with Batman and while Batman is questionable as a hero since even Batman questions himself as a hero to the point barbatos models his existence after Batman i would still rather have an experienced Batman protect me rather than an experienced superman

Also it's not that he's not willing to compromise it's that he believes if he kills he won't be able to stop which is why he questions himself as a hero he believes he's one step away from becoming what he's trying to destroy which is why joker loves Batman he knows that if he pushes Batman to the brink even if it means sacrificing himself Batman would become the most terrifying villain out there Batman isn't a good hero but he is vengeance

Oh also the new 52 superman is not altruistic bro literally used similar tactics as Batman like dangling a corrupt politician over an edge of a building before jumping off with him and when he met with earth 2 superman which i believe is golden age superman the earth 2 Batman and Superman stated that the new 52 superman is more full of anger than the original making his beliefs not as altruistic as they used to be

@secretagentboi i dont read the comics, just seen the cartoons and read a few harley quinn comics. i have a huge throbbing hate boner for batman, but that doesnt influence how i see gotham, because i like everything about the batman universe outside of batman himself. there is an issue of comic era, BUT i believe it is fair to say that canonically gotham is depicted as more crime ridden than metropolis. metrpolois has supervillains, yes, but they scale to superman himself. batmans villains are weaker, but larger in number as well, filling gotham like a rat infestation. its tourist nyc vs the slums of nyc