Editing Hey Arnold! (section)

===Setting===
''Hey Arnold!'' takes place in the urban fictional American city of Hillwood. Creator [[Craig Bartlett]] described the city as "an amalgam of large northern cities I have loved, including [[Seattle]] (my hometown), [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] (where I went to art school) and [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]] (the [[Brooklyn Bridge|bridge]], the brownstones, the subway)";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heyarnold.madpage.com/11_98interview.shtml|title=Interview with Craig|first=Kim|last=Burk|date=November 4, 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121031650/http://heyarnold.madpage.com/11_98interview.shtml|archive-date=January 21, 2009 |publisher=HeyArnold.Madpage.com |access-date=November 25, 2012}}</ref> the city also contains inspirations from [[Chicago]], such as a baseball field called Quigley Field (a reference to the real-life [[Wrigley Field]]).<ref name="Bustle">[https://www.bustle.com/p/hey-arnold-wasnt-set-in-brooklyn-in-a-revelation-that-will-blow-your-mind-8844944 'Hey Arnold!' Wasn't Set In Brooklyn In A Revelation That Will Blow Your Mind], ''Bustle''</ref> Evan Levine of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' commented on the series's "backdrop of dark streets, nighttime adventures and rundown buildings, all seen from a child's point of view."<ref name="Life">{{cite news|title='Arnold' deals with life in the big city|last=Levine|first=Evan|date=April 27, 1997|work=[[Houston Chronicle]]|publisher=[[Hearst Corporation]]}}</ref>

At the end of the episode "Road Trip", when Helga and Miriam are returning home after having car troubles en route to [[South Dakota]], they pass a sign marking the [[Washington (state)|Washington State]] border, implying that Hillwood is in Washington.<ref name="RoadTrip">{{Cite episode |title=Road Trip |series=Hey Arnold! |network=Nickelodeon |date=November 9, 1998 |season=3 |number=7}}</ref><ref name="PDX">[https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2021/07/looking-for-portland-in-hey-arnold Looking for Portland in Hey, Arnold!], ''Portland Monthly''</ref> The [[Pig War (1859)|Pig War]], as re-enacted in the episode of the same title, took place on the boundary between what is now [[British Columbia]] and the state of Washington.<ref name="PigWar">{{Cite episode|title=The Pig War|series=Hey Arnold!|network=Nickelodeon|date=October 26, 1998|season=3|number=16}}</ref> A bridge that leads to downtown Hillwood resembles Portland's [[Burnside Bridge]], while Gerald's house was modeled after the Victorian houses seen in [[Northwest District, Portland, Oregon|Nob Hill]], Portland.<ref name="PDX"/>