Usual note that “Friends” did indeed explain how Monica/Rachel/later Chandler could afford that apartment.

yes, she’s apartment sitting for her Aunt whilst she renovates the place for her.

Martin Short’s character also wondered the same thing. It’s explained in the show.

Yes.

Worked or, more likely, waited their entire lives rooted in under rent-control (the entire building sold for only $15M as recently as 1994).

I am assuming her character has a high paying job or comes from money.

Well, older people could have bought in a zillion years ago when things were much cheaper. My favorite example that shows this is the movie “The Panic in Needle Park,” which shows a bunch of heroin addicts scoring around a skid row-type area. The “park” in the movie is actually the square at 72nd and Broadway, a very…

That would be great if they did that as an in-show explanation as opposed to the usual “Friends” non-explanation of people living beyond their apparent means.

I kind of hope one of the other two notes that they worked their entire lives to get there while she traipsed in after school.

Do they explain how it is that a twenty-something could afford an apartment AND a renovation in that building??? The cheapest current listing at the Belnord is priced at $2.5M. That’s partially because they don’t have many smaller apartments in the building but at the actual Ansonia a smallish 1BR is still close to…

That sounds so gross (the lady expecting someone catch her fallen towel, that is) and I’m sort of obsessed with the idea now.

For some reason your post made me think of all of the different places they started setting film versions of And Then There Were None...  Originally a British private island.  Later versions were set in an isolated Swiss ski chalet, a middle eastern hotel and an African safari...

Dubai

His character in the Hunt but toned down like several notches to be believable.

Selfishly, I would love to see it take place in SE Asia because I’ve spent a lot of time there and find it super fascinating. But it would also just be great to see more SE asian actors on a big show like this. 

Southeast Asia? Mexico? The Caribbean? It will nonetheless still be shot in Hawaii? Ha!

Maybe even a place where they openly try to have people break away from money and status by giving everyone the same outfits to wear, etc. yet of course it’s all still there anyway?

If this happens, I think we can all agree that Glenn Howerton NEEDS
to join the cast.

Stealing this joke from someone on Twitter (apologies), but Season 2 should be the same characters aboard Disney’s Galactic Starcruiser.

If HBO is involved I’m sure they won’t settle for anything less than a resort that’s $1K+ per night with very rich if not billionaire-class guests. But I definitely picture something that’s woo-woo as all get out, particularly given White’s previous work on Enlightened. Maybe even a place where they openly try to have…