Starling 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, saught 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 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 Blood Cult

Recently, the Blood Cult has steadily been gaining in influence and power. They simultaneously managed to get Sebastian Blood elected mayor of Starling and gained control of Queen Consolidated through Isabel Rochev, while preparing to unleash an army of Mirakuru-enhanced soldiers on the city.

Although the League of Assassins is not based in Starling, 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 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 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.

Neighborhoods

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

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
 * Cyrus Vanch (Incarcerated)
 * Colton (incarcerated)
 * Count Vertigo (deceased)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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
 * 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 (deceased)
 * Martin Somers (incarcerated)
 * Max Fuller
 * Max Fuller's wife
 * Mr. Patel (incarcerated)
 * Malcolm Merlyn (formerly)
 * Mrs. Reston
 * McKenna Hall (formerly)
 * Mr. Blank (deceased)
 * Mandelbaum
 * Max 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
 * Stan Washington
 * Scott Morgan (deceased)
 * Sebastian Blood (deceased)
 * Slade Wilson (Incarcerated)
 * Thea Queen
 * Tommy Merlyn (deceased)
 * Teddy Reston
 * Ted Gaynor (deceased)
 * Tony Daniel
 * Victor Nocenti (deceased)
 * Walter Steele
 * Warren Patel
 * Xavier Reed (deceased)

Businesses

 * Alley Cat's
 * Big Belly Burger
 * Brodeur Chemical
 * Bertinelli Construction
 * Blackhawk Squad Protection Group
 * City Necessary Resources Initiative
 * Hunt Multinational
 * Jade Dragon
 * Glades Memorial Hospital
 * Granger Laboratories
 * Kord Industries
 * Kardak Holdings
 * Kord Industries
 * Merlyn Global Group
 * Metamorpho
 * Poison
 * Queen Consolidated
 * 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
 * Stellmoor International
 * Starling National Bank
 * Starling Municipal Records Department
 * Starling City Archives
 * Starling Cannery
 * 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 is introducing.
 * In the season 2 trailer of Arrow, it shows a sign that says, Starling City is a Star City.
 * The flyover scenes include cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, Frankfurt, and Houston.