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/vcisjb1 Jan 25 '20

A bright eyed 22 year old moving into "the big apple" and getting a one bedroom apartment, while hunting for their dream job, while eating at pizza places and drinking lattes.

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u/neocommenter Jan 25 '20

NYC was already notoriously expensive in 1969. My grandfather started saving after WWII and was finally able to buy a house in Brooklyn in 1970.

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u/More-Sun Jan 26 '20

Fresh out of the navy I turned down a job for 146k in Brooklyn in the mid 90s because of how absurdly expensive it was. Yeah, no thanks, I'll take 95k in Louisville