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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good lord, there was a long thread on this topic at one point.[/quote]

I can't believe there is a new thread on this, reiterating exactly the same tired points.[/quote]

Yeah, the "Carrie is not good looking enough for her dating life" thread droned on endlessly.[/quote]

I will repeat what I said on that thread. A killer body and great charisma will make a woman attractive to plenty. A cooler, calmer, more boring beauty like Natasha or Charlotte will probably appeal to the rest.[/quote]
Yea except people like Big are money obsessed and would never actually marry someone like Carrie who brings charisma but low income and expensive taste. He would’ve just lead her on forever [/quote]
Huh? She was a local minor celebrity, had a weekly column, and a successful book deal by the time they got together in the finale. You're acting like she was just a waffle house waitress or something.[/quote]
Sorry how much do you think a weekly column would have paid well. And there were story lines on the show about how little money she had/paid. Also Sex and the City was based on Candace Bushnell’s column that was later made into an anthology. Carrie Bradshaw was based on CB (initially in the column so her parents didn’t know they were reading about her sex life). Big is based on her relationship with Ron Galotti (who she did not end up with) The earlier seasons were better because they were more realistic and different but over time as Darren Starr took more creative control the show it started getting predictable and cliched. The marriage to Big is a huge part of that and the distance from the source material is why the reboot is donkey doo. [/quote]

25 years ago? Depending on outlet and syndication, such a columnist could be making $200,000-500,000 a year. Plus speaking fees and book advances.[/quote]

No one making that much would have trouble buying an apartment.[/quote]

Successful girl bosses often spend money like water and rack up huge credit card debt. Carrie was super pretentious and had a shopping addiction, right? To buy a nice apartment you need lots of cash savings for a down payment, good debt-to-Income (DTI) ratio, and a history of loans. Carrie presumably never had an auto loan or a starter house, so her credit history was shaky for a million dollar Manhattan apartment loan (or whatever the sum was back then). Not implausible at all she needed help.

And it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for someone like Carrie to have undergrad and/or master's writing program (ex. Columbia MS) student loan debt as a Gen Xer.[/quote]
She actually didn't have credit card debt because when she goes to apply for a loan she says she just paid off her credit card, which is why she has such little cash on hand. She goes on to say the reason she doesn't qualify for a loan isn't low income but no assets like property.

She didn't have problem paying rent or the mortgage; she didn't have cash on hand for a down payment. [/quote]

In other words, she had been carrying credit card debt + she had no savings to show + no down payment + zero history of paying off a big loan (e.g. auto loan, auto lease, starter house mortgage). [/quote]

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