The expectation that you could get an apartment that size in central NYC without being a billionaire is also a lie
I think they explained it, the reason they could afford it was because Monica’s grandmother lived there, and they’ve been paying 1980s rent because of rent control or something. Something similar for phoebe as well. Anyway show never explains how joey/chandler/Ross can afford those big houses.

Did any of us watch any of it?

Friends fucking sucked.

You okay?

Pretty weird to be so angry about an old TV show and to keep commenting in a thread about it.

You are right.

I was in a pissy mood and never saw what everyone else saw in friends. I could have expressed that differently.

Fair enough! These are trying times, and I have also been guilty of that shortcoming. Good on ya for owning up to it.