- New York City has long been the dream destination of many an aspiring city dweller, thanks to countless movies and TV shows set in Manhattan.
- But cinema's New York City, with all its glittering lights, coffee shops, and beckoning fire escapes, is a far cry from what the city is actually like.
- Here's what movies and television got glaringly wrong about what it's like living in the Big Apple.
New York City has long been immortalized in film and television, inspiring generations of people to flock to the city that never sleeps.
But newcomers to the city soon learn that what they saw on the screen is often a distorted version of reality.
The most glaring of the inaccuracies? How easily these characters can afford the rent in one of the most expensive real estate markets in the country (lookin' at you, Carrie Bradshaw.)
Other things, like hanging out on fire escapes and having an entire circle of sofas in a coffee shop just for you and all your friends, show that the New York in the movies and TV is a far cry from reality.
Here's what movies and television got terribly wrong about living in the Big Apple.
Outsiders are constantly drawn to the glittery allure of New York City both on and off the screen.
Sometimes the fact that a movie is set in New York is deemed reason enough to watch it, terrible plot aside.
Source: Rotten Tomatoes
But movies and TV shows oftentimes turn a blind eye to the actual realities of living in the Big Apple...
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