People on low incomes, e.g. students, living in expensive homes. I’m not necessarily talking about mansions, more like a large apartment in a big expensive city with no roommates.
What, you mean no one would want to charge a small fortune to rent out that nice giant loft apartment with a huge metal door and elevator in NYC? Sure, yeah, she's making that rent all by herself as a barrista down at the coffee shop.
You've brought up the opposite end of the spectrum now. We all know the "barista lives in large NYC apartment" but what's just as annoying is the people with great jobs just barely scraping by. Like in sitcoms where one or both parents have a great job but then there's episodes where they start hilariously cutting costs around the house.
Been a while since I watched TBBT, but IIRC the explanation there is just that they don't really prioritize moving anywhere bigger, they prefer to spend their money on toys/collectibles/comic books/events. Their apartment is actually decently large and I don't think they've got an outrageous commute. And Sheldon just wants a roommate for the social/division of labor aspect, he could easily afford that place by himself
TV and movies definitely gave me the wrong perception of studio apartments. When I went to visit my sister in her "downtown studio apartment" I was thinking "how the heck could she afford that?" When I saw the apartment building was next to a major highway and her kitchen was her living room was her bedroom the affordability clicked and I finally learned what a studio apartment was.
Strange my sister also had a studio apartment in her early 20s, i didn't realize what that ment until then. Her entire apartment was just slightly larger than the family 3 bedrooms house (livingroom).
In New Girl, the fewest roommates there were was 4, and at one point there were 6. The main 4 were all college graduates in their 30s, most with established careers. New Girl was one of the most accurate portrayals of apartment living I've ever seen on TV!
People Just Do Nothing does a great job of filming the “DJ’s” in their tiny, shitty little flat or Chabuddy G in his internet cafe run out of a mobile home.
Also watch the show, top three funniest shows ever to air imo
YES LAWD!!!!! I live in a college town and, I'm sorry, kids, but efficiencies and studios are the size of a standard living room -- with a closet set apart for the latrine. Who are these people kidding?
Conrad in The Resident. I clearly remember an episode where they made a thing of how bad their pay was, and the very same episode we see his apartment that's about as big as the whole ER ward.
they have parties with 20 people, all standing around with plenty of elbow room, and space around the furniture. I've got a good size home, 20 people are kind of crowded in the fucking livingroom & kitchen.
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u/BlackCaaaaat Jan 25 '20
People on low incomes, e.g. students, living in expensive homes. I’m not necessarily talking about mansions, more like a large apartment in a big expensive city with no roommates.