How did the Friends afford their apartment?

During the episode, Monica invited Joey into the apartment for drinks. While she is pouring Joey some lemonade, Monica explained that the apartment originally belonged to her grandmother. After Monica's grandmother moved away, Monica began living in the apartment and subletting it illegally.
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How did Phoebe afford her apartment?

Phoebe's family has her back

Frances may have purchased the apartment before her death, allowing Phoebe to stay near her friends and not have to worry about rent. This could explain how she can afford to live in the heart of New York.
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How can Joey and Chandler afford their apartment?

Consider that Chandler has a private office and an assistant, he should be able to afford an apartment's rent. Joey struggles with employment but his stint as Drake Ramoray will have been well paid. Actors live a life of uncertain income, but high income when they have a job.
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How much did Joey and Chandler's apartment cost?

According to BuzzFeed, Chandler and Joey's rent was $3500, and for at least three years, Chandler paid it all. That's $42,000 a year.
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How much did the Friends apartment cost?

Buying an apartment in the Friends neighborhood would set you back $2 million. Much of the action on the show happened at Monica's two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment. And it was an absolute bargain for the characters at $200 a month.
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Could Monica and Rachel Actually Afford Their West Village Apartment in Friends?



How much would Monica and Chandler's house cost?

Monica and Chandler must have been doing alright for themselves as it is a vast house, worth around $1.5 million.
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Is Monica's apartment real?

studio set in Burbank, Calif., so their apartment was fictional, but the exterior shots were filmed at a real building located at 90 Bedford St. in the West Village.
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How much was Joey's Visa bill?

In season 6, episode 18, Chandler mentions that Joey owes him $3,400.
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How much would Joey owe Chandler?

Let's not forget the estimated $1,620 spent on phone bills, $5,500 on furniture for the flat and $1000 on two sets of headshots for Joey's resume. Plus the $3,400 Chandler mentions Joey owes him in season 6, episode 18. So exactly how much does Joey owe Chandler? A staggering $120,760!
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How much was Ross rent on Friends?

They decided that that the apartment would cost—drumroll please—$4,500 a month. That's pretty bleak, especially considering that at the time of the pilot, the Friends characters were supposed to be normal, everyday twenty-somethings just trying to scrape by.
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Can Rachel and Monica afford apartment?

Even with varying rents, Monica and Rachel would have been priced out of their community, even in the 1990s. Today, a similar apartment can cost upwards of $5,000 per month. Even with increased salaries, the duo wouldn't have been able to swing the hefty rent and the lifestyle they enjoyed.
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What exactly is Chandler's job?

The answer to What is Chandler Bing's job?, the show's writers finally reveal, is that he works in “statistical analysis and data reconfiguration.” This is another kind of punch line.
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Does Phoebe live in the same building as Monica?

Phoebe lives in the same apartment throughout the show's entirety, with a few small exceptions. In 1993, Phoebe moved out of Monica's apartment and in with her grandmother, Frances. Phoebe lived there with her until Frances' death and continued to live there afterward.
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Who was the richest character in Friends?

Jennifer Aniston aka Rachel Green: worth $320 million (£258.5m) Aniston is thought to be worth a whopping $320 million (£258.5m), making her the richest member of the Friends cast.
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How much money had Chandler saved up?

The figure is never mentioned. However, I assume it's in the $40,000 - 50,000 range. This assumption is based on two points: Rachel's wedding to Barry (which she ran out of at the beginning of the series) apparently cost her parents $40,000, which the Gellers say is a lot of money.
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Is Central Perk a real cafe?

While Central Perk exists solely on a Los Angeles soundstage, the space that would house the corner-side café below the building where Monica, Rachel, Chandler, and Joey lived is very much real.
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Who paid for Monica and Chandler's wedding?

Monica's parents spent the money for Monica's wedding on the beach house so there is no money for the wedding. Chandler has saved exactly the amount they need for Monica's dream wedding but Chandler won't spend all of his savings on one day. The old man Ross massaged is not coming back after the bad massage he got.
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Was Chandler rich in Friends?

Chandler's hatred for his job is surpassed only by the amount of money he makes from it. With an annual salary of $68,440 he is by far the richest of the six. Ten years later, in the show's final season some of the six have moved up a few income brackets.
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How much money did Chandler have in the One With Rachel's book?

BUT that doesn't include the time Chandler spent replacing all the furniture stolen from their apartment, which the writer estimated would be about $5,500. So that leads us to the final tally: $114,260.
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How does Joey pay for the boat?

Beaumont, and shortly thereafter, Joey found another brief glint of success when his character on “Days of Our Lives” was resurrected from his perpetual coma. It's possible that in Friends Joey paid for his boat by using his hard-earned daytime soap money in conjunction with his earnings for Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.
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How much did Rachel make at Ralph Lauren?

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Rachel went from a low-paid waitress to a personal shopper and buyer at Bloomingdales, before becoming a merchandising manager at Ralph Lauren and apparently earning $55,000 a year.
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Does Joey pay Chandler back?

The jobless actor made an entire life out of spongeing from his transponster pal in their nicely appointed Manhattan apartment, but the true level of his extortion will blow your mind. Redditor A Smile That Kills decided to do the maths and discovered that Joey owed Chandler north of $100,000.
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Did Friends actually film in London?

The finale was filmed in three parts, first the scenes with Lisa Kudrow were filmed in Los Angeles, then everybody went to London and they filmed the scenes on the street, then they filmed the dinner and other scenes in a studio in London before an audience.
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Does the Friends set still exist?

When filming wrapped in 2004, the apartment sets were dismantled and, sadly, no longer exist (though they were re-created for Friends: The Reunion). Stage 24, though, still stands and is now known as The Friends Stage in honor of the sitcom's seminal success.
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Can you go inside the Friends apartment?

"The Friends Experience," a New York City Pop-Up based on the comedy favorite, is letting visitors book the apartment for just $19.94 a night, according to Booking.com. Guests will get to plop down on the orange couch at Central Perk and stay in the two-story space filled with iconic props from the beloved 90s show.
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