Port Charles is a fictional small to midsize city located in Western New York, most likely on the shores of Lake Ontario between the Buffalo–Niagara Falls and Rochester areas, or possibly north of Buffalo situated on the Niagara River. To be separate from but proximate to both Rochester and Buffalo, and located on a body of water (as the "Port" in the name would indicate), Port Charles would likely be located on Lake Ontario north of the city of Batavia. Here is where you find our characters and our setting. They live, breathe, work, and sleep here. They also know how to stir up trouble in every way possible.