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[General Superheroes] Why do most Earth-based supervillains seem to appear/act in close proximity to currently active superheroes?

You'd think that with as many incidents bring about heroes and villains, you'd eventually have more cases where major villains pop up in otherwise "inactive" regions without heroes to oppose them, and likewise eventually have powerful heroes appear in regions where most/all of the crime is the occasional homicide at most. Or that some villains would intentionally move away from places like New York so they could set up operations in a more secluded location.
gpt
That's a very good question.

You see, that's where the opportunities are for villains. New York is of course a major financial hub, with many companies including banks, research companies and others being ripe for the picking and being a dime-a-dozen. The same is true for other equivalents in other, alternate world cities such as Gotham and Metropolis.

Also, more often than not, there *are* heroes who patrol in the other cities. As mentioned, a large number of heroes exist in New York due to the vast opportunities and the population density, but heroes exist in other parts of the country and world. Blue Beetle operates in El Paso, Texas, while Big Hero 6 (before being exiled from Marvel by some *dense motherfuckers at Disney*) operated in Tokyo. England has it's own superhero team called MI-13, for example.

And come to think of it, Emil Blonsky *did* leave America and retired to Siberia... only to be hunted down, tortured and murdered by the Red Hulk >!in revenge for his daughter's murder!<.