I Stand Corrected

In response to Sunday's post complaining that television, and in particular the show "Friends," presents misinformation on reasonably affordable housing in Manhattan, this explanation was emailed to me:

I believe the story was that Monica was in her grandmother's rent-controlled apartment (and no one was telling the landlord that Granny was dead), Phoebe inherited her apartment from HER grandmother (along with her granny's taxi), Chandler had a good job though no one really knew what he did, Joey lived with Chandler until he got a good role with Days of our Lives, and Ross was a [university] professor of paleontology. :)

I won't out the television guru; the person is certainly free to take credit in the comments.

Now that I know the secret for affordable housing, I just need to find someone who will devise or bequeath a rent-controlled apartment or condo to me. That shouldn't be a problem.