Wait, something that has always bothered me...

Wait, something that has always bothered me. How did a bunch of 20 somethings manage to afford to live in the middle of New York?

WHITE PRIVILEGE

But Joey wasn't white

New York rent control.

>tfw youre now as old as those fuckers were and dont have shit

Only his mother is a guinea.

Ross, Chandler, and Monica all had decent jobs and let Joey and Rachel live with them out of pity.

Phoebe hooked on the side.

Ross and Chandler were loaded. Monica, Rachel and Phoebe had rent control from previous residents

90s was cheaper
monica had rent control that she got from her grandmother
chandler made good money

Something something Judaism

They were all the highest paid TV actors at the time. They could afford an entire block.

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ummm what about Joey's hot dinner?

TV MAGIC

correct answer here. you guys are getting too caught up in the details of the show.

Rachel had family money plus then started working at Ralph Lauren and Bloomingdales

They all had roommates throughout the series. Except Ross. And as the years went, they all made huge strides career wise. Then Phoebe met rich as fuck Mike and Joey just gets royalties.

>rent control
Non-American here, explain in layman terms, Google is being a bitch.

They were employable, datable, normies living in the 90's. Nuff said.

Priviledge CHECKED

Rent controlled means no matter how the neighborhood around the apartment building changes, the rent stays the same

what the fuck does it sound like

regulating the amount of rent a landlord can charge to make housing affordable

I assumed it was something like that, but something like that didn't really sound too American to be honest.