Ms Phillips always located her soaps in small, fictional, midwestern U.S. towns that were close to Chicago. I picture it having a big downtown area surrounded by suburbs. Downtown is very modern. I think they're a testing ground for new inventions. Some new kind of quick transport device that they all use, and I like their newest invention, ghostly justice .
Someone tries to hammer another person and the hammer comes right back at 'em.
Downtown is such a happening place it attracts business moguls like Palmer Cortlandt and Adam Chandler. It's the only place a world renowned cardiologist like Dr. David Hayward would choose to further his career. Last but never least, is the fact that the most famous woman in the world chooses Pine Valley as her home. Erica, Erica Kane. The trouble happens when downtown meets the burbs, the cradle of Martin family values.