After watching 5 seaons back to back, Smallville isn't so small!!!

[TheWebline]

I like the show (despite having quit during the first season originally). However, does anyone else find it hilarious that a town of 45,000 people has a bus station, a massive train station, an airport, a huge permenant amusement park, etc.?

In the 20th episode of the first season (I forget the name) Lionel lays off the 2500 employees and flies away in his helicopter. In the background is a massive bridge you'd only find in a huge metropolitan area. I chuckled.

Just a "small" observation.

[MidgardDragon]

I'm not sure about the train station, but isn't the airport in Metropolis? Many of the "larger" areas we've seen have been in Metropolis (such as the museum where Clark speeds in front of a bus and gets spotted).

[TheWebline]

Originally posted by MidgardDragon
I'm not sure about the train station, but isn't the airport in Metropolis? Many of the "larger" areas we've seen have been in Metropolis (such as the museum where Clark speeds in front of a bus and gets spotted).

Maybe the airport is but I'm pretty sure the train station was in Smallville. Whatever episode it was where Clark hit the sidecar to knock the baddie off his feet while he was trying to kill Lex? I can see a train stop but this was a full fledged train yard with multiple tracks and trains.

[MidgardDragon]

Oh the train yard. Yeah, that makes sense to me though. Many small towns have big train yards and such. The airport pretty much had to be Metropolis though. I remember Clark going there with flowers when Lana was leaving for Paris and it looked like Metropolis for sure.


In the background is a massive bridge you'd only find in a huge metropolitan area.

Which bridge? Loeb bridge (the one in the premiere)? You'd be surprised what kind of bridges, factories (and other industrial wonders), train stations, etc. are in small-to-medium towns.

[TheWebline]

Originally posted by MidgardDragon
Oh the train yard. Yeah, that makes sense to me though. Many small towns have big train yards and such. The airport pretty much had to be Metropolis though. I remember Clark going there with flowers when Lana was leaving for Paris and it looked like Metropolis for sure.



Which bridge? Loeb bridge (the one in the premiere)? You'd be surprised what kind of bridges, factories (and other industrial wonders), train stations, etc. are in small-to-medium towns.

No in the 20th episode when Lionel flies away from the plant. There is a huge supension bridge in the background. I've never seen a river or highway system that big in the show that would merit such a large bridge.

[KryptonianRain]

True there are lots of small town with airports.
Theres a little town in Alabama called Napier Field. The population is like 1500 people. They have an airport. I flew into it one time.
There are small towns that are off of major interstates that have all kinds of "big city" venues and businesses.

[Kal26]

True,

You have to remember that they do have a community college around smallville. I live in a very small town with a very small (like a high school) community college. We have a small train yard, there is a small airport near by, and we even have a taxi service. We have a very prosperous boot factory, a movie theater, coffie shop, skating rink, public pool, and even a park. Smallville makes my town look like crap, but then again, it is. Population really doesn't have much to do with it when you have a college near by. The community will try to come up with ways to get the students to spend money.

[MB in training]

It's the law of Springfield,

it was true for simpsons, and just about any other show they just expand there little town to fit the story, it just seems the way of things, but i will write letter if i hear Chloe or someone say he's hiding out at the old Smallville Piramid

[Kal-El Son of Krypton]

Smalville reminds me alot of my town. We give off the feel of a small town and work hard to capature that atmosphere, but at the same time we are the 20th largest town or city in the state and have a population of 60,000.

Smallville is prolly the same way.

[Lightning Flash]

Smallville was originally said to be a "small, quiet town" type... but with the two meteor showers I guess it got more publicity. Btw, Smallville was originally named by a guy named Small, not b/c it was actually small.

[Honey45]

Originally posted by TheWebline
I like the show (despite having quit during the first season originally). However, does anyone else find it hilarious that a town of 45,000 people has a bus station, a massive train station, an airport, a huge permenant amusement park, etc.?

In the 20th episode of the first season (I forget the name) Lionel lays off the 2500 employees and flies away in his helicopter. In the background is a massive bridge you'd only find in a huge metropolitan area. I chuckled.

Just a "small" observation.

I think the airport was in Metropolis.
As for the train station and the large bridge, I live in a small town similar to Smallville and we have those things. I don't think it's very uncommon.