Shuster was born and spent his first years in Toronto until his family moved to Cleveland when he was 10. He was a paperboy for the Toronto Star (would that become The Daily Planet? )
So perhaps Metropolis is his imaginary blend of his childhood home and his adolescent home?
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eidt: just checked Wikipedia (
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