The Archers stars would be left homeless by property prices in real life, study finds

princeofpounds

I've been saying this since Michelle Fowler in Eastenders was a student and single mother - yet raised a mortgage on her Albert Square house.

Yes, this has always amused me. Apparently Albert Sq was partially based on Fasset Sq in Hackney. Nothing I could see for sale right there, but this is what a 3 bed costs one road over:


http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-44776066.html?backListLink=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Fmap.html%3FlocationIdentifier%3DREGION%255E87508%26insId%3D3%23_includeSSTC%3Don%26auction%3Dfalse%26locationIdentifier%3DREGION%255E87508%26previousSearchLocation%3DHackney%26radius%3D0.0%26searchLocation%3DHackney%26searchType%3DSALE%26useLocationIdentifier%3Dfalse%26box%3D-0.07179%2C-0.05742%2C51.54373%2C51.54964%26popupPropertyId%3D44776066&fromMap=true

Can't see many market traders affording that!

TBH Eastenders has become a bit of a joke for this very reason; the world left it behind.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

It's years since I've watched Coronation St (Blanche was the only reason for tuning in), but it did use to strike me how nearly every character worked about 30 m from their home; in the pub, in the caff, in the bookies, in the garage, in the corner shop, in the knicker factory. They could all apparently afford their rent/mortgages on these minimum wage shifts.