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natter. the hand wave is already explained above.
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** This really should not be the Trope Name. The explanation that Monica is (illegally) subletting a rent controlled apartment from her Grandmother is a perfectly reasonable explanation for how she and Rachel can afford a place that would otherwise be way out of their means. Plus remember that both come from upper middle class families. Their parents probably made some investments for them, they don't have student loans or other similar obligations. Nor do either have cars and the expenses associated with that.
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** This really should not be the Trope Name. The explanation that Monica is (illegally) subletting a rent controlled apartment from her Grandmother is a perfectly reasonable explanation for how she and Rachel can afford a place that would otherwise be way out of their means. Plus remember that both come from upper middle class families. Their parents probably made some investments for them, they don't have student loans or other similar obligations. Nor do either have cars and the expenses associated with that.
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The most obvious cause of the trope is that larger sets are easier to film in. Even if the home is supposed to look relatively run-down or poor, it's a nightmare to block out scenes where characters are practically on top of each other and get in each other's way when they move around. Larger sets also let you break up the action into multiple locations, allowing for concurrent scenes and conversations within the same area. Similarly there is a certain amount of WishFulfillment involved, however much the characters may struggle they can still go home to a place anyone would love to live in. And [[FirstWorldProblems their complaining of trivial things can be contrasted with their realistic luxury]].
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The most obvious cause of the trope is that larger sets are easier to film in. Even if the home is supposed to look relatively run-down or poor, it's a nightmare to block out scenes where characters are practically on top of each other and get in each other's way when they move around. Larger sets also let you break up the action into multiple locations, allowing for concurrent scenes and conversations within the same area. Sets also have to be big enough to get the cameras in there and still leave the actors with room to move at all -- a diminishing problem in the age of digital cameras, but film cameras could be quite bulky, and the problem only gets worse as you go further back in time. Similarly there is a certain amount of WishFulfillment involved, however much the characters may struggle they can still go home to a place anyone would love to live in. And [[FirstWorldProblems their complaining of trivial things can be contrasted with their realistic luxury]].
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* ''Fanfic/{{Cousins}}'' features the children of the original ''Friends'' characters in the present day. In particular, Erica (Chandler and Monica's daughter) and Emma (Ross and Rachel's daughter) live just like their mothers, in the same apartment, with Sofia (Joey's daughter) just across the hall like her father before her.
* In ''Fanfic/GodsOfThisNewWorld'', Team Kira lives together in a penthouse mansion. Justified because [[TheTeamBenefactor L is on their side]].
* In ''Fanfic/GodsOfThisNewWorld'', Team Kira lives together in a penthouse mansion. Justified because [[TheTeamBenefactor L is on their side]].
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* In ''Fanfic/MarriageOfHeavenAndHell'', while the house is not confirmed to be as ridiculous as Issei Hyodo's home after Volume 5 of the original light novel, It is still described by Makoto in the very first lines of the fic as "a fancy house bought from a fortune accumulated from God-knows-where" and is large enough to house a club full of angels, devils, and a fallen angel. The only head of household is a single mother with a school counseling job, albeit at a prestigious academy. The only hint to who pays the large amounts of potential house payments and property taxes is the fact the house was a gift from the Gremory family.
* Averted in ''Fanfic/ThePowerOfSeven''; Katie Bell is shown initially living in a very small flat as she is only working as a teller at Quality Quidditch Supplies after leaving Hogwarts, prompting Susan Bones to suggest Katie moves in with her as she has plenty of money and has no living relatives (to say nothing of their new association as part of Harry's "harem").
* Averted in ''Fanfic/StartingOverFromTheMiddle''; Matt is still able to live from his spacious apartment because he's inherited Elektra's money.
* Semi-averted in ''Fanfic/TheVigilanteTheReporterAndTheKingpin''; rather than pay the rents on two apartments, Karen has decided to cut her losses and simply move into Matt's apartment.
* Averted in ''Fanfic/WhatTheyWouldntDo''; Sarah Corrigan's low paying job means she's way behind on many of her bills and her water gets shut off at one point.
* Averted in ''Fanfic/ThePowerOfSeven''; Katie Bell is shown initially living in a very small flat as she is only working as a teller at Quality Quidditch Supplies after leaving Hogwarts, prompting Susan Bones to suggest Katie moves in with her as she has plenty of money and has no living relatives (to say nothing of their new association as part of Harry's "harem").
* Averted in ''Fanfic/StartingOverFromTheMiddle''; Matt is still able to live from his spacious apartment because he's inherited Elektra's money.
* Semi-averted in ''Fanfic/TheVigilanteTheReporterAndTheKingpin''; rather than pay the rents on two apartments, Karen has decided to cut her losses and simply move into Matt's apartment.
* Averted in ''Fanfic/WhatTheyWouldntDo''; Sarah Corrigan's low paying job means she's way behind on many of her bills and her water gets shut off at one point.
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* ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'': For an ex-con who had a difficult time getting a paying job, and had to be roommates with Luis and his crew in his last movie, Scott Lang's house in this film is pretty large and upscale for San Francisco standards. Considering that he's unable to leave, seems to live alone for the most part, and is only just starting to get his business with the Wombats off the ground, one has to wonder where his income for rent is coming from.
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I added a note to the Aqua Teen Hunger Force entry under Western Animation
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** Their landlord, Markula, is insane even by vampire standards.
