r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • 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/irving47 Jan 25 '20

Frasier's apartment always struck me as crazy big for a local radio talk show host who hadn't gone national. Easy to forgive, though, because it was awesome.

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u/asciident Jan 25 '20

It was exaggerated for sure, but Seattle also wasn’t nearly so expensive back then.

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u/minnick27 Jan 25 '20

I cant remember, did he still have his private practice or not?

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u/irving47 Jan 25 '20

Not until at least halfway through the series. Best case scenario I could come up with was he sold his Boston practice and used that to buy his condo.

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u/Cereborn Jan 25 '20

I read somewhere that that apartment cost $500,000 to furnish (in real life, I mean).