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In 'Friends', Monica and Rachel's famously unaffordable Manhattan apartment is located in which New York City neighbourhood?
Answer
Greenwich Village
The 'Friends' apartment is set in Greenwich Village in lower Manhattan, a neighbourhood where a large two-bedroom apartment like Monica's would have commanded around $3,500 per month in the 1990s — far beyond what a waitress or culinary student could realistically afford.
💡 Did you know?
The 'Friends' apartment rent would cost $3,500 in 1990s New York, yet the show never explained how Rachel and Monica—a waitress and student—afforded it.
Other options people guess
- Upper East Side
- SoHo
- Hell's Kitchen
Topics
- friends
- 1990s
- tv-sitcom
- new-york
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