Journey through Metropolis and rebuild the city, locations and structures! Since it's founding in 1634, when Dutchman Paul De Vries purchased metropolis Island from native Americans, generations of prosperous merchants and pioneering scientists have made Metropolis into one of the largest and wealthiest cities on Earth. A prolonged period of prosperity in the early 20th century imbued Metropolis's architecture and monuments with a decidedly Art Deco character, but each of the six boroughs has it's own distinct personality. New Troy, the largest and busiest borough occupying an island between the West River and Hob's River, is itself made up of vastly disparate neighborhoods. While the downtown Financial District is home to the city's storied publishing industry and its most powerful corporations, the neighborhood of Suicide Slum in northwestern New Troy is terribly impoverished and crime-ridden. It is this frenetic and diverse nature of the city which has allowed Metropolis to become the "City of Tomorrow".