# What TV/movie/other fictional character live most beyond their incomes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-beyond-their-incomes/552105 "2010-08-31T06:47:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-beyond-their-incomes/552105/81 "2010-09-02T14:55:35Z")
[quote=“shy\_guy, post:72, topic:552105”] > [@Kyla](#): > > This is correct. It was the underground lair deal where he and Buffy first had sex. I can’t remember where it is exactly, but Angel and Buffy are somehow able to get to it while fleeing from the Judge and Spike and Drusilla’s cronies through the sewers. Angel neither owned nor lived above the Bronze. Are you sure he didn’t have an upstairs place at the very, very beginning? Where Drusilla found him? ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-beyond-their-incomes/552105/82 "2010-09-02T16:37:35Z")
[quote=“Zsofia, post:81, topic:552105”] > [@shy\_guy](#): > > Are you sure he didn’t have an upstairs place at the very, very beginning? Where Drusilla found him? I’m not really sure where Drusilla found him, but I’m currently rewatching season 1 and after Angel first vamps out in front of Buffy, he retreats to what appears to be the same dwelling in season 2. Darla confronts him there. I was wrong about it being underground, though; Darla notes that Angel is living aboveground and opens the window to harm Angel with sunlight. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-beyond-their-incomes/552105/83 "2010-09-03T18:11:04Z")
FYI, Dexter lived at: “In real life, it’s the Bay Harbor Club condos, located at 1155 103rd Street, out on Bay Harbor Island, in Miami Beach, Florida. (On the show, Dexter lives on the second floor, and his room number is 10b.)” “The condo consists of 24 apartments, with a heated pool, a private park, and a great view of Biscayne Bay. As of 2008, the condo units in the Bay Harbor Club were selling for around $175,000 to $325,000 (for the penthouse).” > **[Dexter Filming Locations: Dexter's Apartment.](https://www.seeing-stars.com/Dexter/DextersApartment.shtml)** > > Filming locations of the Showtime TV show 'Dexter' - the actual places where the show was filmed, complete with addresses and maps. This page reveals the real location of Dexter's apartment. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-beyond-their-incomes/552105/84 "2010-09-03T18:58:08Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > > [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > > > They do _a lot_ of credit card fraud. 🙂 > > > > Actually, when you think about their situations, Dean would have zero debt and no expenses beyond food, gas, and ammo. Sam might have student loans, but I would guess he’s blowing them off. He also might have worked his way through college, back when he was legit. > > Well, they also have to pay for all of those kooky motel rooms. And a million layers of flannel. > > Sam had a full ride to college. I don’t think he would have many/any loans because if you don’t have a credit history (which most college-age people don’t) you need your parents to cosign your loans. And not only is there no way John would have cosigned, he probably would have made Sam’s application _worse_. I can imagine John co-signing - “_“Abraham Lincoln”_ - there ya go.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-beyond-their-incomes/552105/85 "2010-09-03T19:30:54Z")
Thomas Magnum, P.I., lived considerably above his income, but as long as he didn’t live above famous author Robin Masters’ income things worked out all right. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-beyond-their-incomes/552105/86 "2010-09-03T19:44:10Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > > [@Mahaloth](#): > > > > I always laughed at the King of Queens. > > > > He’s a UPS driver and she is a secretary(I think) and they have a really nice house…too nice. > > UPS drivers actually make pretty good scratch. That job is often mentioned in discussions about well-paying jobs that do not require a college degree. > > [This link](http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/02/22/ups_drivers_avoid_blue_collar_union_blues/) states that even a new driver can earn $70K annually with overtime. Just a quick net check shows legal secretaries can make that too (and possibly more with longevity and/or working for a senior-senior partner). ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-beyond-their-incomes/552105/87 "2010-09-10T13:17:07Z")
Going back through the mists of time Crockett and Tubbs in Miami Vice had a yacht and drove sportscars as I recall, while wearing designer clothes. Perfectly understandable though as cops involved in suppressing drugs traffic they no doubt had er, " alternative "sources of revenue over and above their police salaries ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-beyond-their-incomes/552105/88 "2010-09-10T13:32:49Z")
**Bond… James Bond**. Not only does the character live beyond his fiscal means, especially in the movies, but watching him on screen has sometimes made me live beyond _my_ means (particularly when purchasing wine and spirits). ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-beyond-their-incomes/552105/89 "2010-09-10T14:21:48Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > **CSI** people, especially Miami. They wear a heckuva lot of designer gear for people on cop and lab technician salaries. I don’t know about that. From what I’ve seen, the women can only afford two-thirds of a shirt. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-beyond-their-incomes/552105/90 "2010-09-13T10:56:59Z")
Re Angel’s buying the Hyperion Hotel > [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > The hotel was big time haunted so that the people who owned the property would probably have _paid_ someone to take the property off their hands. So the hotel was more or less acquired due to magic. I always thought Angel used the sack of money Judy had stolen from her bank in [“Are you now or have you ever been”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Now_or_Have_You_Ever_Been) to buy the hotel, and fund some of the second season lifestyle? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-beyond-their-incomes/552105/91 "2010-09-13T23:11:53Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > > [@Krokodil](#): > > > > **The Brady Bunch**. Dad was an architect in the 70s and raised a big family in LA, presumably Laurel Canyon, with a live-in maid. **The Partridge Family** lived across the street. > > Some architect. His huge house only had one bathroom, and that one lacked a toilet. Not to mention the staircase that didn’t lead anywhere! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-movie-other-fictional-character-live-most-beyond-their-incomes/552105.md?page=4)