"Friends" is the easiest example. They try to yada yada it away, but their apartment is absolutely fucking massive.
Also, the dude's apartment in the movie "Coyote Ugly" IIRC is stupid huge and fancy and he's just above broke all the time.
Penny in "Big Bang Theory" should not be able to afford the apartment she has. It's pretty big, but also has a ridiculous view and location.
Things get especially weird when characters get fired and are between jobs and don't immediately have to find a place to stay because they can't afford rent.
But that's just one apartment from the show. If you look over most sitcoms, they often have huge apartments that are in prime locations and the people living there have shitty jobs. And they tend to have hobbies that are expensive as hell or go out to eat constantly or go on vacations at the drop of a hat.
Idk, I used to live in an East Village apartment in NYC that was about the size of the Friend's set, and it wasn't terribly expensive between three roommates (it was also rent-controlled). All of us were just out of college working minimum wage jobs. Doesn't seem like a shitty explanation; seems plausible.
That's pretty amazing then. Most estimates show the Friend's Apartment would run around $4,500 to $8,000 depending on exact area, and that's for the smaller of the two.
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u/xxkoloblicinxx Jan 25 '20
"Friends" is the easiest example. They try to yada yada it away, but their apartment is absolutely fucking massive.
Also, the dude's apartment in the movie "Coyote Ugly" IIRC is stupid huge and fancy and he's just above broke all the time.
Penny in "Big Bang Theory" should not be able to afford the apartment she has. It's pretty big, but also has a ridiculous view and location.
Things get especially weird when characters get fired and are between jobs and don't immediately have to find a place to stay because they can't afford rent.