Buffalo below would be difficult, mostly because all of the place names are named after British People or Indian Tribes. The Subway system there is only a straight line, and the second half is all above ground. However, the city is named like an animal that has never lived anywhere near it, so that could be something. (The city's acutally named after a misprouncing of the French word for beautiful.

In regards to the DC comic version of Neverwhere, I believe it's scheduled to be released in the spring of 2005 (but I'm not 100% sure) and Glenn Fabry is scheduled to do the art. There's been some images floating around on the internet for a while...but I can't seem to find them right now.

I did find this:

DC Comics Adapting Neverwhere

Newsarama reports DC Comics Vertigo line will publish a nine-issue adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel Neverwhere. It will be scripted by Mike Carey, with art by Glenn Fabry.

It's unfortunate that Canada doesn't have that old of a history. Montreal/Quebec City would be the coolest old cities that could have a below. It just seems were are too clean and nice to have any belows. Perhaps Vancouver would work since it has such a wide ethnic demography.

What about Boston? It's America's oldest subway (opened 1 September, 1897), and it's got a wonderful, old-world feel to it. Boston is a big city that feels like a loosely-knit group of small towns and neighbourhoods. Every section has a story to tell. I think the collective obsession that Boston has with its Fenway Park and the Red Sox that play there could make for a wonderful side-story.

I'm new here, btw. I've never lived in Boston, but I grew up nearby and it's one of my favourite cities. I'm in Rhode Island now, where there's nary a subway in sight. *g* Pleezedtameetch'all.

Lost Angels below:

Union Station, Watts Towers, the Bradbury building (Blade Runner), the gorgeous patinaed art deco building by the fashion district, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Mann's Chinese Theatre, the Beverly Center (back in the 70's it was a wide expanse of tract that had a sad "Ponyland" on it), Warner/Paramount Studios, Venice (did you see, "Zboys & the Lords of Dogtown"?- Venice had this insane amusement park built around the 40's/50's on the beach that just rotted into the ocean in the 70's-in the 70's, Venice was a ghetto).

I expect most denizens would be the forgotten throng of failed Hollywood hopefuls, borderline, "Coldheart Canyon" types.

I'd like to think about a Vatican Below. Catacombs and secret vaults and all sorts of lovely things to rummage through.


There can't be a Miami below. You'd strike water if you tried digging too deep. Maybe a Miami in-between?

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Originally posted by selkieschild4:
I'm new here, btw. I've never lived in Boston, but I grew up nearby and it's one of my favourite cities. I'm in Rhode Island now, where there's nary a subway in sight. *g* Pleezedtameetch'all.

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Seklie, come on over to the Worlds End portion of the board where you will be greeted with many a balloon and welcome brownie.

First of all, I have to say that I loved "Neverwhere". Would anyone be interested in starting up/joining a Neverwhere-based RPG? I just finished re-reading the book (for the fourth time) and I have a bunch of ideas. There are many possibilities for the location...

Anyone interested? I really hope so! Let me know what you all think, good or bad.

There's not a lot under Brisbane, my Australian city of choice. Many place names down here are nicked from Britain and other places, so i kinda like the idea of some very confused echoes all mixed up with some Dreamtime mythos...

Oh, everytime I read Neverwhere or I see the series, a lot of ideas about Below cities come to my mind. The central thoughts go for the Below beasts. Anybody thinks about their Below city's beast?
And, of course, I think a lot of times about a Neverwhere RPG, so I would like a lot to make part of one.

Well, New York's would just have to be a giant alligator. (Or croc).

Antwerp's would be a giant Rat. Actually, I am quite sure I saw it.

I don't know about the beast, but the underside of Portland, OR would be amazing, IMHO. beast... possibly a sasquatch... people seem to think they exist out here...

Well, I'm from Santiago de Compostela and I think that the beast from Below is a big and black boar.
Clover, do you live in Zaragoza? I think I read that on other post, and I'm living in Zaragoza too.

No way!! although I'm living in Edinburgh right now, but I come from there. Cool!! (Isn't it a wonderful city? )

Oh, it's a very nice city to live in ^_^.

Where you aroudn when they uncovered the Moor-ish ruins in Paseo Independencia? It made me think of Neverwhere when Door says that there are still some Romans living somewhere in London Below, I thought in zaragoza there would be still Moors living under the centre of the city, and they'd have their zoco's and all.

a friend said something about hunting through the subway tunnels under Sydney for some Internet treasure hunt thing... when i get more details, i'll give them. thats very Neverwhereish...

My home town isn't a city but could still have a Below since the ground is rather like Swiss cheese thanks to a history full of mining and smuggling (the same goes for the surrounding area). Apparently there was a cave in a years back when one of the old smugglers tunnels collapsed. On the other hand the street names are pretty boring.

there are a bunch of myths and legends about my home city and networks of lava tunnels throughout (and supposedly under the harbour) also a bunch of tunnels were made during WWII, some are still accessible by the public. But yeah i long for a city with history and actual streets and sewers and undergrounds below street level.