Questions about soaps locations?

Question

where do they come up with the names of places where they live like y&r is in genro city, not sure if i spelled it right g&h is in port charles,where is one life to live all my children b&b what towns and states? what I'm asking is do they really exists these places?and who names the places:?

Answer 1

B&B is taken place in L.A California .

Answer 2

Salem "USA" on Days of our Lives is most likely in Illinois or wherever there's a river near the Missisippi River. They talk about lakes too & going to Chicago a lot so I guess it's a fictional town in illinois.

MOST soap opera towns are fictional

Answer 3

All My Children is in Pine Valley Pennsylvania, and One life to live is in Llanview,Pennsylvania both are fictional suburbs of Philadelphia. The Bold and the Beautiful is in Los Angeles California. The creators of the shows are the ones that made up the names of the towns.  

Answer 4

all except Springfield for GL and Salem for Days  are  totally Made up cities- usually placed in NY or on the East coast-

Triva  --GH didn't have a City name till the 70's ( it started in 1963)

The Creators of the show usually names the city/places

Answer 5

one life to live is in Lanview pennsylvania, and the creators of the show just make them up or get an idea from somewhere