Boomfield

Boomfield is a fictional city in the fictional county of Goetia located in the United States and the main setting in the Joe the Great series Magic Squad, Ultimate Magic, and Superverse, it also the hometown of Joe. Boomfield also appears in the Original Series, but only in Where It All Began, Joe the Great: Race Against Space, Goodbye and Farewell, and Joe the Great: Destroy All Magic. The city’s welcome sign reads: “The Most Normal City in America”.

## Population

Boomfield's population is approximately 70,000.

## Origin

Boomfield was founded in 1638 by the Laplanders. It got its name from the founders who used a bomb to make a boom in the fields.

## Locations and Landmarks

* Laboratory
* Restaurants
* Grocery Stores
* Ice Cream Parlors
* Undercity
* Pennyworth Elementary School
* Joe's House
* Fred's House
* Sam's House
* Ethan's House
* Joy's House
* Brooke's House
* Boomfield Zoo
* Boomfield City Park
* Amusemet Park
* Joe, Fred, Sam, Ethan, and Joy's High School
* Edgewood University
* Sports Venue
* Boomfield Musuem
* Boomfield Mall
* Boomfield Library
* Boomfield Bell
* Power Tower
* Joe, Fred, and Sam's Middle School
* Anglewood Middle School
* Darwin Middle School
* Boomfield Hospital
* Boomfield Jail
* Boomfield Prison
* Woodlord High School
* Watermelon Sugar High School
* Headquarters
* Boomfield Country Club
* Botanical Garden
* Golden Sierra University
* Boomfield Movie Theater
* Suspension Bridge
* Boomfield City Hall
* Boomfield Game Show Center
* Boomfield Convention Center
* Boomfield Ice Rink
* Volt's Tech
* Batter Spatter
* Waterfront
* Boomfield Highway
* Darkside Avenue
* Figment Library
* Sammon's Sushi
* Bank of Boomfield

## Inhabitants

* Joe
* Fred
* Sam
* Ethan
* Joy
* Brooke
* Alex
* Amanda
* Wednesday
* Leah
* Snyder
* Annie
* Thanos
* Adam
* Toby
* Harold
* Ashley
* Noah
* Heather
* Tyler
* Bianca
* Jerry
* Corey
* Julia
* Kevin
* Mike
* Mr. Jones

### Visitors

* Kayla
* Kathy
* Scott
* Tyrone
* John
* Evelyn
* Kyle
* Elvira
* Lily
* Morticia

## Location

The exact location of Boomfield has never been specified, the climate seems to imply it is somewhere Southern. Boomfield not being far from deserts also imply it is out the West being likely Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, or Utah. Boomfield has a beach which means it's coastal.

In Where It All Began, after school Joe, Fred, and Sam are able to get from Pennyworth Elementary to Yosemite National Park within a few hours, with it being nighttime upon their destination, this would indicate Boomfield is in California.

In Joe the Great: Magic Flock,  Ethan, Fred, and Joy for data on magic chips, they pull up a map and it zooms in on the upper midwest near the Minnesota-Wisconsin area, suggesting it is in the Midwest.

## Geography

Boomfield is a large urban city with, buildings, a mall, restaurants, ice rink, a zoo, a country club, a botanical garden, a lab, movie theaters, hospitals, factories, and warehouses, libraries, ice cream parlors, skyscrapers, sports dome, a bakery, arcades. Boomfield is also a port city as it has a waterfront.

### Education System

Pennyworth Elementary School is the main elementary school (it is unknown how many elementary schools there are altogether). Boomfield has 3 middle schools and high schools as well as 2 colleges.

### Crime

Boomfield also has high crime as criminals rob banks and steal from people, Robots and other creatures plague the area, Police usually don’t do anything to stop them.

### Suburbs

Boomfield has 41 suburbs and 5 known suburbs featured in the stories

1. Banrockville (Northwestern)
2. Berxley (Northeastern)
3. Bleakburn (Southwestern)
4. Bloodwood (Western)
5. Broken Shield (Southeastern)
6. Canary Mill (Northwestern)
7. Canterlot (Western)
8. Cherrytown (Northeastern)
9. Cullfield (Western)
10. Doncaster (Northwestern)
11. Doveport (Southeastern)
12. Drawsbury (Southern)
13. East Boomfield (Eastern)
14. East Hallow (Southeastern)
15. Emerald Lake (Southeastern)
16. Farnworth (Northern)
17. Galliumville (Northern)
18. Gallowsland (Eastern)
19. Goeita (Southern)
20. Grasmere (Northwestern)
21. Hammerlocke (Southeastern)
22. Kirkwall (Southwestern)
23. Leverdale (Northwestern)
24. Los Solitario (Western)
25. Lyoko (Northwestern)
26. Mournstead (Northern)
27. Narfolk (Eastern)
28. North Boomfield (Northern)
29. Pondsdale (Southern)
30. Redwick Bush (Northwestern)
31. Rose Ring (Southwestern)
32. Rustland (Eastern)
33. Scrabster (Northeastern)
34. Sharnwick (Western)
35. Shipton (Soutwestern)
36. Sparktown (Eastern)
37. Steelspike (Western)
38. Swindlincote (Northeastern)
39. Tillydrone (Nortnern)
40. Woodpine (Northeastern)
41. Wyndon (Western)

### Suburbs within towns

Goeita makes up: Bleakburn, Drawsbury, Doveport, Kirkwall, and Ponsdale

Farnworth makes up: Lyoko, Mournstead, Tillydrone, and Woodpine

North Boomfield makes up: Cherrytown and Galliumville

Canterlot makes up: Los Solitario, Sharnwick, and Steelspike

Chillsbury makes up: Gallowsland, Rustland, and Sparktown

Redwick Bush makes up: Banrockville and Canary Mill

Doncaster makes up: Grasmere and Leverdale

Berxley makes up: Swindlincote and Scrabster

## Inspirations

Even though Boomfield is a fictional city, it has many real world elements and inspirations.

* Boomfield is widely based on New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia combined, with its buildings and skyscrapers.

* Joe's Elementary School is based on Belden Elementary in Canton, Ohio, his middle school is based on RS Middle in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, and his high school is based on Corcoran High in Syracuse, New York.
	+ Angelwood Middle School is based on Roberts school located in Syracuse, New York.
		- Edgewood University where Ethan, Fred, Joy, and Sam attend is based on Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York.
* The Boomfield Mall is based on the Belden Village Mall in Canton, Ohio.
* The street Joe lives is based on West Onondaga St in Syracuse, New York.
	+ The sreets where Fred and Sam live are based on neighborhoods in Alliance, Ohio.
	+ The street where Ethan lives is based on neighborhoods in Syracuse, New York.
	+ The street where Joy lives is based on neighborhoods in Detroit, Michigan.
	+ The street where Brooke lives is based on Pullman Ave in Rochester, New York.
* Boomfield Amusement Park was inspired by Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.
* Some of the Bloomfield streets were inspired by Rochester, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; New Orleans, Louisiana; Oakland, California; and Atlanta, Georgia.
* The map of Goeita county was inspired by the Onondaga County map in New York.

## Other City Features

* Boomfield is a combination of: San Francisco, California; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York; Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles, California; Madison, Wisconsin; Seattle, Washington; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; and Miami, Florida.
	+ Boomfield City Park is based on Central Park in New York City, New York.
	+ Some of the tallest skyscrapers are based on the Empire State Building and One Liberty Plaza in New York, New York; Liberty Place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois.
	+ The Cracked Bell is based on the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
	+ The Bloomfield Ice Rink is based on the Kendall Ice Arena in Miami, Florida.
	+ The Boomfield City Hall is based on the Wisconsin State Capitol Building in Madison, Wisconsin.
	+ The Boomfield Musuem is based on the Denver Art Museum in Denver, Colorado.
	+ The Suspension Bridge is based on the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, California.
	+ The Sports Venue is based on the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California.
	+ The Power Tower is based on the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.
	+ The Boomfield Convention Center is based on the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon.

## Climate

Not much has been revealed about the climate of Boomfield, though it has a coast side climate as it has always been warm enough outside for characters to wear their summer clothing, it is also usually sunny. In Boomfield winters appear to lack snow, which is expressed in Joe the Great: Magic Flock and The Final Showdown: Part 2.

## Trivia

* The local newspaper is called The Boomfield Bugle.
* Boomfield is 26 miles away from Canary Mill, Kayla's hometown.
* Boomfield's name is a combination of Boomtown and Springfield.
* Boomfield was inspired by Chicago, New York City, and Philadelphia.
* In **Magic Squad**, it was told that Boomfield was supposed to be a large city in the Southwest, but the needs of telling a story have made it more generic. Thus being based on any large city in the United States (except Alaska and Hawaii). However, it’s exact location is unspecified.