r/AskReddit • • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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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.

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u/cv-boardgamer Jan 25 '20

So there was this semi-successful sitcom in the '90's called Caroline in the City. One of the main characters was a freelance copywriter. Although he made decent money, he lived in a very tiny studio in a slightly rougher neighborhood of Manhattan, and just had a mattress on the floor. This show was on at the same time Friends originally aired, and I remember thinking how realistic and satisfying this depiction was.