I asked about New York City in the past, and one of the things I pointed out is that many of the Marvel characters aren't actually native, born and bred New Yorkers, but rather they just tend to operate there. Here, I figure we can all chime in on where each character is from, and I'll update the list as we go. I remember being surprised that a character is from a certain place. Of course, there's foreign and outright fantastical origins too, which counts. It's just a fun thing to do, since I know a lot of people are likely to assume everyone was just born in NYC.
To begin:
New York City
- Spider-Man
- Daredevil
- Punisher
- Luke Cage
- Iron Fist
- Jessica Jones
- Spider-Man/Miles Morales
- Hawkeye/Kate Bishop
- Captain America
- The Thing
- Kingpin
- Professor X
- Taskmaster
- Shocker
- Tombstone
- Beetle/Janice Lincoln
New York State
- Jean Grey (Annandale-on-Hudson)
- Iceman (Fort Washington, Long Island)
- Angel/Archangel (Centerport, Long Island)
- Invisible Woman (Glenville, Long Island)
- Human Torch (Glenville, Long Island)
- Nova/Richard Rider (Hempstead)
- Doctor Octopus (Schenectady)
- Electro (Endicott)
- Scorpion (Yonkers)
New Jersey
- The Wasp/Janet van Dyne (Cresskill)
- Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan (Jersey City)
Connecticut
- Green Goblin/Norman Osborn (Hartfort)
Massachusetts
- Emma Frost (Boston)
- Carol Danvers (Boston)
Ohio
- Hulk (Dayton)
California
- Mr. Fantastic (Central City)
- She-Hulk (Los Angeles)
- The Runaways (Los Angeles)
- Mysterio (Riverside)
- Mockingbird (San Diego)
I'll update this as we go. Anything to share?