Yes I knew that the paper was originally called the Daily Star.
When wondering about Metropolis one has to immediately discount 'Smallville'. They, for purposes of story conveinence placed Metropolis close enough to Smallville to be able to see the skyline from the top of the Smallville watertower.
Toronto, Cleveland, New York, Boston, and other major cities have all been 'implied' as the location of Metropolis. There are two keys to the location of Metropolis. First, it's a coastal city. You have Hobb's Bay and a definite 'docks area' of the city. Next, unlike Marvel superheroes like Spiderman who actually hails from New York, DC heros don't exist in our world. You have Metropolis, Gotham, Central and Keystone cities (two midwestern cities across a river from each other), Star city (a Seattle analog?), and Coast City.
Metropolis and Gotham were often felt to represent the two 'sides' of New York. Gotham being the dark and seedier side of a large city; while Metropolis, the 'City of Tomorrow' represented the more bright and progressive aspects. The most telling factoid is that Metropolis isn't even in a state that exists in our world. L&C placed Metropolis in New Troy, an obvious analog to New York state, but not New York state.
I can't say that I remember any state references ever given to any of the DC cities in the comics. They were always careful to keep their locations rather general and generic.
Tank (who says the Chris Reeves movies used New York City locations for their exterior shots)
