Star City

Starling City is a major metropolis in the United States of America. The city is home to important businesses and corporations such as Queen Consolidated and Merlyn Global Group. Despite being a thriving metropolis, Starling City is rife with poverty, crime and corruption.

Overview
Starling City is made up of various neighborhoods, though the largest (and poorest) is the Glades

Business

 * Queen Consolidated: The head business of Starling City, Queen Consolidated was founded and led by Robert Queen until the man's death in 2007. The company was led by Moira's new husband, Walter Steele, until his kidnapping by Malcolm Merlyn in 2012 and was then taken over by Moira until the fulfillment of the Undertaking when she was arrested.

In the following months Queen Consolidated suffered from the backlash, losing much of its influence and interest, until it was near bankrupt. Stellmoor International's vice president of acquisitions, Isabel Rochev, sought to buyout Queen Consolidated, which would result in the firing of all its employers but the company is saved with Walter's help.

Nightlife

 * Verdant: was built in an abandoned Queen building and is used as a cover for Oliver Queen's vigilante activities, which happen in the Arrowcave below the building. Verdant is currently under Thea Queen's ownership and management as her maternal half-brother has become Queen Consolidated's CEO.
 * Poison: was built by Max Fuller, and is the only known nightclub other than Verdant.

Crime
Starling City is plagued by crime and corruption at all levels of society, from gangs and drug dealers in the streets to corrupt corporate executives such as Adam Hunt.

Gangs and Drug Dealing
The two major gangs are the Chinese Triad and the Bratva (the Russian mafia), and formerly the Bertinelli family before its demise. Drug dealing has been a major concern for the police department for many years, but they have been unsuccessful in effectively dealing with the issue. The city has suffered from dangerous drug dealing such as when Count Vertigo, and later Dr. Webb, spread Vertigo throughout the city.
 * The Bertinelli crime family (disbanded)
 * The Chinese Triad
 * The Hoods (disbanded; incarcerated)
 * The Royal Flush Gang (disbanded)
 * The Solntsevskaya Bratva
 * The Church of Blood

At one point, the Church of Blood gained considerable influence and power in Starling City. They simultaneously managed to get Sebastian Blood elected mayor of Starling City and gained control of Queen Consolidated through Isabel Rochev, and then unleashed an army of Mirakuru-enhanced soldiers on the city. However, the Church of Blood was stopped by the efforts of Team Arrow, and its leaders were imprisoned or killed.

Although the League of Assassins is not based in Starling City, several of its members have operated there, including Malcolm Merlyn and Nyssa al'Ghul.

Vigilantism
In 2012 shipwrecked billionaire Oliver Queen returned to civilization with the purpose of saving Starling City from the people poisoning it. Acting as the vigilante The Hood Oliver dealt major blows to the criminal underworld throughout his first months causing crime rates to lower. Mentally unstable crime lord's daughter, Helena Bertinelli, also acted as a vigilante to exact revenge on her own father, destroying his criminal empire and aiming to murder him. She failed to murder him, however, and he managed to escape from her.

After the earthquake that devastated the city and the Hood's self-imposed retirement, embittered survivors formed a copycat group called the Hoods to exact vigilante vengeance on those they considered guilty of helping in the Glade's destruction. At the same time that the Hoods appeared, Starling saw the arrival of a mysterious vigilante called The Canary, who fought crimes related to misogyny. She turned out to be Sara Lance, who had long been presumed dead.

After the Undertaking, Roy Harper took to vigilantism to protect the innocent people of the Glades. Later he became an informant for The Arrow, and ultimately a member of his team.

Diasterss and Terrorist Attacks
In 2009 due to faulty building materials the tower caught fire under unknown circumstances and eventually collapsed. Firefighters could not contain the fire and were forced to evacuate. There were alott of casultiess some bodies were so badly burned they could not be identified.

In May 2013 after Malcolm Merlyn lost his wife years earlier he reconfigured Unidac Industries Markova device using Queen Consolidated applied Sciences Division. It was reconfigured to create an earthquake capable of destroying to Glades. Moira Queen confesedd the plan to the citizens of Starling City initiating and evacuation. The Arrow and John Diggle went to Merlyn Global Group in hopes of stopping Merlyn While Quentin Lance went to diablee the device in case they failed. Merlyn was disabled but the device went of killing 503 people leveling the glades and increasing crime.

9 months later Ben Turner attempted to sell a prototype of the device to Milo Armatige for 10 million dollars. Once The Arrow and Roy Harper intercepted the sale Armatige was injured and in hopes of escaping set of the device in a blast proof container. They got through the container just in time to destroy the device and preventing a second undertaking.

In May 2014 Slade Wilson, Sebastion Blood and Isabel Rochev liberated 50 iron heights prisoners to inject them with the Mirakuru serum to destroy starling city in a revenge plot forged by Slade Wilson. They immediatlyy overwelmedd the police force and started to lay waste to the city. After Blood turned against Slade he gave the Mirakuru cure to Oliver Queen and his team. They were able to defeat the Slade and his Army in enough time to stop A.R.G.U.S from launching a nuclear strike.

Buildings

 * Nodell Towers
 * Winnick Building
 * Winick Tower

Neighborhoods

 * Adam Heights
 * Castlefall
 * The Glades
 * Lamb Valley
 * Orchid Bay
 * South End
 * South Boulevard
 * The Triangle

Landmarks

 * Bisque Museum
 * Grell Museum
 * Star Bridge
 * Starling City Aquarium

Residences

 * Al-Owal's hideout
 * Bertinelli Mansion
 * Carly Diggle's apartment
 * Cyrus Gold's apartment
 * Daily's apartment
 * Felicity Smoak's house
 * George Wolfman's mansion
 * Helena Bertinelli's apartment
 * John Nickel's penthouse
 * Laurel Lance's apartment
 * Lance House
 * Merlyn Mansion
 * McKenna Hall's apartment
 * Max Stanton's flat
 * Queen Mansion
 * Quentin Lance's apartment
 * Roy Harper's house
 * Sara Lance's hideout
 * Tommy Merlyn's apartment
 * Xavier Reed's hideout

Streets and Roads

 * O'Neil
 * Adams
 * Papp Street

History
TBA

Residents

 * Adam Hunt (deceased)
 * Alexi Leonov (deceased)
 * Anthony Venza (incarcerated)
 * Adam Hunt's daughter
 * Amanda Chen (formerly)
 * Andy Diggle (deceased)
 * A.J. Diggle
 * Altman (deceased)
 * Adam Donner
 * Aglin (incarcerated)
 * Brian Nudocerdo
 * Brackett
 * Bethany Snow
 * Baker (incarcerated)
 * Barton Mathis (deceased)
 * Carly Diggle
 * Carl Rasmussen
 * Carl Rasmussen's wife
 * Carl Rasmussen's children
 * Carter Bowen
 * China White (incarcerated)
 * Cyrus Vanch (incarcerated)
 * Carl Ballard
 * Count Vertigo (deceased)
 * Colton (incarcerated)
 * Cindy
 * Cyrus Gold (deceased; possibly)
 * Derek Reston (deceased)
 * Dina Salvati
 * Doug Miller
 * Danny de la Vega (deceased)
 * Dinah Lance (formerly)
 * David Maclean (deceased)
 * Daily
 * Emily Nocenti
 * Emma Falk (deceased)
 * Ezra Barnes (incarcerated)
 * Evans
 * Felicity Smoak
 * Floyd Lawton
 * Frank Bertinelli (deceased)
 * Frank Chen (deceased)
 * Groves
 * Grell
 * Garfield Lynns (deceased)
 * Garfield Lynns's wife
 * Garfield Lynns's children
 * Gavin Carnahan (deceased)
 * George Wolfman (deceased)
 * Gus Sabatoni (deceased)
 * Gill
 * Helena Bertinelli (incarcerated)
 * Izzy Declan
 * Isabel Rochev (deceased)
 * Joanna de la Vega
 * John Diggle
 * James Holder (deceased)
 * Jason Brodeur (incarcerated)
 * Josiah Hudson (deceased)
 * Janice Bowen
 * Jana Washington
 * Johnny Williams
 * John Nickel (deceased)
 * Jenn
 * Joseph Falk (deceased)
 * Jean
 * Jeff Deveau (incarcerated)
 * Jean Loring
 * Jones
 * Jeannie Hilton
 * Kate Spencer (deceased)
 * Kyle Reston (incarcerated)
 * Ken Williams
 * Ken Williams' wife (deceased)
 * Ken Rabehl (deceased)
 * Kelton (deceased)
 * Laurel Lance
 * Lucas Hilton
 * Leo Mueller (deceased)
 * Lockhart
 * Moss
 * Moira Queen (deceased)
 * Martin Somers (incarcerated)
 * Max Fuller
 * Max Fuller's wife
 * Patel (incarcerated)
 * Malcolm Merlyn (formerly)
 * Mrs. Reston
 * McKenna Hall (formerly)
 * Mr. Blank (deceased)
 * Mandelbaum
 * Max Stanton (deceased)
 * McCarthy (deceased)
 * Neil Lamb
 * Nick Salvati (deceased)
 * Nelson Ravich (deceased)
 * Oliver Queen
 * Peter Declan
 * Paul Copani (deceased)
 * Quentin Lance
 * Raisa
 * Robert Queen (deceased)
 * Rob Scott
 * Raines
 * Roy Harper
 * Rivera
 * Ray
 * Ryan Doucette (deceased)
 * Sara Lance (formerly)
 * Stan Washington
 * Scott Morgan (deceased)
 * Suarez
 * Sebastian Blood (deceased)
 * Slade Wilson (incarcerated)
 * Stein
 * Oliver Queen's child's mother (formerly)
 * Thea Queen (formerly)
 * Tommy Merlyn (deceased)
 * Teddy Reston
 * Ted Gaynor (deceased)
 * Ted Kord
 * Tony Daniel
 * Victor Nocenti (deceased)
 * Walter Steele
 * Warren Patel
 * Xavier Reed (deceased)

Businesses

 * Alley Cat's
 * Amertek Industries
 * Big Belly Burger
 * Brodeur Chemical
 * Bertinelli Construction
 * Blackhawk Squad Protection Group
 * City Necessary Resources Initiative
 * Deville
 * Eagrass
 * Federal Emergency Management Agency
 * Glades Memorial Hospital
 * Granger Laboratories
 * Hunt Multinational
 * Jade Dragon Restaurant
 * Kord Industries
 * Kord Enterprises
 * Kardak Holdings
 * Langford Institute
 * Merlyn Global Group
 * Metamorpho
 * Mark Scheffer's toy shop
 * Ostrander Hotel
 * Poison
 * Queen Consolidated
 * Queen Industrial Inc.
 * Queen Consolidated's Applied Sciences Division
 * Russo's
 * Starling City Plaza Hotel
 * Starling General Hospital
 * Starling City Police Department
 * Starling Port
 * Starling Trust Bank
 * Stagg Industries
 * Sagittarius
 * Starling City Fire Department
 * Starling City Department of Transportation
 * Starling City Cancer Society
 * Starling City Municipal Group
 * Starling County Institute
 * Stellmoor International
 * Standing Strong
 * Starling National Bank
 * Starling Municipal Records Department
 * Starling City Moblie Care
 * Starling City Archives
 * Starling Cannery
 * Starling City Rail
 * Table Salt
 * Unidac Industries
 * Verdant

Trivia

 * In the original Green Arrow comics, the city is named "Star City". It was changed to Starling City to match with the grounded atmosphere the show was introducing.
 * The flyover scenes include cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, Frankfurt, and Houston.
 * When the mayor was murdered at the beginning of Season 2, his replacement was never shown or named, possibly indicating that there was no mayor for the majority of Season 2.
 * In the first episode of The Flash, Oliver mentions that Central City is 600 miles away from Starling City.
 * In, it has been hinted that Starling City will be renamed "Star City", in Season 3.