The second season of “Emily in Paris” debuted in Netflix’s Global Top 10 and was among the first in 94 countries.
The latest installment on the streaming platform reached a total of 107.6 million hours of viewing worldwide.
The fourth season of this series has already been agreed upon and, although nothing is yet official, it is expected to premiere in December 2023.
The return of “Emily in Paris”with the third season of Netflix, has begun to emerge as one of the most anticipated releases at the end of the year, generating answers to some of the most intense debates about reality and fiction that are reflected in the lifestyle of the protagonist, for example, with his wage income and the luxuries that he can have in one of the most expensive cities in the world… but In reality, how much would you have to earn to live like “Lily Collins”?
First of all, let’s understand the global economic landscape, where inflation, currency depreciation in Japan and South Korea, the havoc caused by Covid-19 and then Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and disruptions in the supply chain that it caused, as well as the border closures and the multiple trade sanctions in Europe, have made the cost of living more expensive in at least 172 cities around the world.
This, according to the World Cost of Living Index published by The Economist in its annual study The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), where it is noted that in 2022 the cost of living saw an average increase of 8.1 percent year-on-year, taking local currencies as a reference.
Now, well, with the data that was collected between August 16 and September 16 of this year, we can see that Paris precisely remains one of the 10 most expensive cities to live in on the entire planet, with the position number nine of the last ranking:
- Singapore
- NY
- Tel Aviv
- Hong Kong
- The Angels
- Zurich
- Geneva
- San Francisco
- Paris
- Copenhagen
What was reflected was a drop in the Top 10 table, since in 2021 Paris was the second most expensive city and managed to drop seven places in the “year of recovery”.
However, despite this improvement in economic accessibility, the city of love could not reflect the lifestyle of a girl with little work experience who does not skimp when it comes to spending her salary in places and luxury brands that few Parisians get to know in depth.
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A recent study looked at the finances of “Emily in Paris” and determined how much it would cost to lead the Netflix star’s lifestyle in real life.
According to estimates of New Casinosthe income of the character ‘Emily Cooper’ contrasts between what she claims to earn in the series and the expenses she makes during her daily journey.
For example, According to the Netflix story, “Emily Cooper” has a salary of 46 thousand dollars a month (about 900 thousand 964.74 Mexican pesos), but her current expenses are much higher than her income.
An example of this is the rent of the apartment in which the young woman lives (which in real life is open to the public), since in this Parisian area it is estimated that the property costs about 33 thousand 127 dollars a year (648 thousand 831.72 pesos ) without counting the expenses of services such as water, electricity, gas and internet, which would be around 2 thousand 373 dollars per year (46 thousand 478.03 pesos).
This means that, paying for her basic housing needs, the protagonist of the Netflix series would only have $10,000 subtracted from her salary, which would limit her ability to make many other expenses.
And it is that, according to the analysis of the last seasons of Netflix, ‘Emily Cooper’ spends about 76 thousand 795 dollars a year only in clothes and accessories, because his looks by Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino, Prada, Christian Louboutin or Miu Miu exceed his supposed labor income by more than 30 thousand dollars, that is, approximately 587 thousand 585.70 Mexican pesos.
Also contemplating that in the series the character of Lily Collins is not adept at cooking and prefers to go out to eat in restaurants, her expenses rise annually by about 3,239 dollars in food (63,439.67 pesos), 1,295 dollars a year in their outings to bars (25 thousand 364.12 pesos) and 2 thousand 947 dollars in taxis (57 thousand 720.50 pesos).
Finally, New Casinos counted up the coffees that Emily buys on the street daily, which represents an expense of $228 in 12 months (4,465.65 pesos).
Thus, making the total sum of the realistic lifestyle of “Emily in Paris”, the protagonist spends about 120 thousand dollars a year (2 million 350 thousand 342.80 Mexican pesos), which makes her disbursements exceed by more than 73 thousand dollars to your income… something completely fictitious and impossible in real life.
Contemplating these data, it could be said that a person could live like “Emily in Paris” if they had an average salary of 10 thousand dollars a month (195 thousand 861.90 Mexican pesos)… could you afford it?
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