Did you ever wonder where Springfield in the Simpsons was based on in real life? Well Matt Groening has revealed that the city of Springfield is based on a real life city that was just next to where he grew up. Check the pictures below that Gizmodo.com have managed to find on Google maps which relate to buildings featured in The Simpsons. The last picture is Chapman Elementary, the school that Matt Groening went to and the school the the one in The Simpsons is based on (thanks for the Gizmodo commenter who found that).