Can your favorite TV characters still pay for their homes?

Every sitcom or series worth its salt must have a house or apartment whose characters are almost as important as those who live in the flesh, a place that takes on a life of its own and gives that television program its special stamp.

From The Simpsonseven in the movie theater My poor angel, Godfather, Seinfeld or FriendsThere are many houses and apartments here that have marked us in history.

But what happens when the main characters who once lived in these houses can no longer continue to pay the rent?

In a story cited by the New York Times, researchers at real estate consulting firm Clever analyzed data on current salaries, home prices, rents, property taxes, and insurance rates to determine whether famous characters from 20 TV shows and movies could realistically afford their homes if they lived in them today. The studio used real-life home listings to determine on-screen property values, and real-life salaries to determine characters’ incomes.

Let’s look at what this specific study found:

Those who could continue at home

Only two productions featured homes their characters could afford to buy, both in the Midwest: one was Rosannain which the Conners lived in fictional Lanford, Illinois, with Evansville, Indiana used as a stand-in. The list price of $232,700 and a household income of $112,060 would allow the family to own the home today. Another was That 70’s Showset in the fictional Point Place, Wisconsin, with Sheboygan, Wisconsin used as a stand-in. There, the Forman family was able to pay the estimated list price of $274,900 on a family income of $225,750.

Those who could not own but could rent

• Movie characters Twilight And 10 Things I Hate About YouBoth lived in the Pacific Northwest and lived in homes they could afford to rent but not own.
• IN SopranoThe North Caldwell, New Jersey home used to represent the family was deemed unaffordable for a “scrapper,” although it was noted that Tony Soprano may have some hidden income.
• In “The Fresh Prince of Rap”Uncle Phil and Aunt Viv might have rented (not bought) their mansion, but Princeton- and Harvard Law School-educated Philip Banks would have to be one of the highest-paid lawyers in Los Angeles.

Those who will have to move, yes or yes

• Carrie Bradshaw, a columnist who starred in sex in the citycouldn’t afford his fictional Upper East Side apartment, which actually had a West Village frontage and now has a projected monthly rent of $5,700 and an asking price of $2.77 million.
• Monica Geller, chef Friendswhose West Village apartment is listed at $7,500 for rent and has an asking price of $2.65 million.
• Danny, Jesse, Joey and Becky could not afford the San Francisco house shown in the film. three by threewith an estimated asking price of $6.5 million and an estimated rent of $18,056 per month.