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

Queen Consolidated
The head business of Starling City, Queen Consolidated was founded and lead 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 blacklash, losing much of its influence and interest, until it was near bankrupt. Stellmoor International's vice president of aquisitions, Isabel Rochev, seeked 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 currentely under Thea Queen's ownership and managenment as her brother has become Queen Consolidated's CEO.
 * Poison was built by Max Fuller, and is the only known nightclub other then 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 Russian mafia, and formely 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 of dangerous drug dealing such as when Dr. Webb dealed the dangerous Vertigo drug throughout the city.
 * The Chinese Triad
 * The Solntsevskaya Bratva
 * The Royal Flush Gang (disbanded)
 * The Bertinelli crime family (disbanded)
 * The Hoods (disbanded; incarcerated)

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 Green Arrow 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 devasted the city and the Hood's self-imposed retirment, 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 appeared Hoods, Starling had the arrival of a mysterious vigilante called The Canary, that this fighting crimes related to misogyny.

Neighborhoods

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

Landmarks

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

Residences

 * Queen Mansion
 * Merlyn Mansion
 * Bertinelli Mansion
 * Laurel Lance's apartment
 * Tommy Merlyn's apartment
 * Helena Bertinelli's apartment
 * Carly Diggle's apartment
 * John Diggle's apartment

Residents

 * Adam Hunt (deceased)
 * Alexi Leonov
 * 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
 * Cyrus Vanch (Incarcerated)
 * Colton (incarcerated)
 * Count Vertigo (deceased)
 * Cindy
 * Derek Reston (deceased)
 * Dina Salvati
 * Doug Miller
 * Danny De La Vega (deceased)
 * Dinah Lance (formerly)
 * David Maclean (deceased)
 * Emily Nocenti
 * Emma Falk (deceased)
 * Felicity Smoak
 * Floyd Lawton
 * Frank Bertinelli (formerly)
 * 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)
 * Helena Bertinelli (formerly)
 * Izzy Declan
 * Isabel Rochev
 * Joanna De La Vega
 * John Diggle
 * James Holder (deceased)
 * Jason Brodeur (incarcerated)
 * Josiah Hudson (deceased)
 * Janice Bowen
 * Jana Washington
 * John Nickel (deceased)
 * Jenn
 * Joseph Falk (deceased)
 * Jean
 * Jeff Deveau (incarcerated)
 * Jean Loring
 * Jeannie Hilton
 * Kate Spencer
 * Kyle Reston (incarcerated)
 * Ken Williams
 * Ken Rabehl (deceased)
 * Laurel Lance
 * Lucas Hilton
 * Leo Mueller (deceased)
 * Moss
 * Moira Queen
 * Martin Somers (incarcerated)
 * Max Fuller
 * Max Fuller's wife
 * Mr. Patel (incarcerated)
 * Mrs. Reston
 * McKenna Hall (formerly)
 * Mr. Blank (deceased)
 * Mandelbaum
 * Maxwell Stanton (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
 * Ray
 * Ryan Doucette (deceased)
 * Sara Lance (formerly)
 * Stan Washington
 * Scott Morgan (deceased)
 * Thea Queen
 * Tommy Merlyn (deceased)
 * Teddy Reston
 * Ted Gaynor (deceased)
 * Tony Daniel
 * Victor Nocenti (deceased)
 * Walter Steele
 * Warren Patel

Businesses

 * Queen Consolidated
 * Merlyn Global Group
 * Hunt Multinational
 * Starling Port
 * Unidac Industries
 * Brodeur Chemical
 * Stagg Industries
 * Bertinelli Construction
 * Sagittarius
 * Blackhawk Squad Protection Group
 * Kord Industries
 * Stellmoor International
 * S.T.A.R. Labs
 * Metamorpho
 * Granger Laboratories
 * Starling City Plaza Hotel
 * Starling General Hospital
 * Glades Memorial Hospital
 * Starling Trust Bank
 * Starling National Bank
 * City Necessary Resources Initiative
 * Starling City Department of Transportation
 * Big Belly Burger
 * Russo's
 * Table Salt
 * Jade Dragon
 * Poison
 * Verdant
 * Alley Cat's

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 is introducing.
 * In the season 2 trailer of Arrow, it shows a sign that says, Starling City is Star City.