Road Trip Across TV's Fake America
You know you've always wanted to actually live in Sunnydale. Well, now as we list these real-life counterparts to fake TV cities, you can!
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By Liz Petitti May 4, 2011 |
| 5 | The Simpsons' Springfield |
The Real Version: I bet you'd like to know.
In true Simpsons fashion, I won’t reveal the name of Springfield’s live-action counterpart. But I think the whole point is that Springfield could be any family of any city, in any state. Come on, that’s deep! You don’t like intelligent metaphors? Fine, then it’s obviously Det-
| 4 | Girlmore Girls' Stars Hallow, Connecticut |
The Real Version: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Out of all the shows that belong in New England, I just feel like this show was made for Massachusetts. With its sleepy town feel and coastal atmosphere, Gilmore Girls could easily be happening right now in Cape Cod.
Plus, the weather on that show is always so cold. It makes sense that it would be a bit more north.
| 3 | Smallville's Smallville, Kansas |
The Real Version: Eastborough, Kansas
Yeah, Smallville would still be in Kansas if it existed in real life. Where’s Eastborough, you ask? My point exactly! It’s small enough (pop: 811) for the hometown-y feel of Smallville (pun!), and it’s close enough to the largest city in Kansas (Wichita – no pun here, but it’s fun to say out loud!) to account for the Smallville-Metropolis relationship.
| 2 | True Blood's Bon Temps, Louisiana |
The Real Version: New Orleans, Louisiana
If Bon Temps were an existing place on this good, green Earth, it’d be near New Orleans, Louisiana. Only New Orleans could pull off an entire town going crazy with a huge orgy, werewolves running amok, and people, sorry vampires, drinking strange liquid called “Tru Blood.” Blame it on Mardi Gras.
| 1 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Sunnydale, California |
The Real Version: Santa Barbara, California
Sunnydale may not physically exist, but it’s real enough to many a Joss Whedon fan. Buffy Summers battled everything from vampires to demons in Sunnydale, which is located on a Hellmouth – aka a gate to hell.
I’d almost feel bad assigning a real-life city to such a title, but then again, said city will then get to hold the honor of being likened to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. So, buck up, Santa Barbara. Even though a whole host of evidence points towards you, you can take solace in the fact that the real reason I picked you is because I’ve always suspected that a Hellmouth secretly existed under the depths of nearby Los Angeles.
