How well does "King of Queens" represent Queens? (New York: apartment, house)
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I hope it doesn't sound like a stupid question, I know TV shows never represent a place well. Its not the show has been history for a few years now. While I watched it a bunch of times when it was actually on, they have full episodes on you-tube.
I ask, because on this board people draw comparisons between Chicago and New York. I however do not see it they way others do. I will say that it does seem like Queens is the one borough that is most like Chicago. (With the exception of greater downtown Chicago (Loop, Mag Mile, River North, Gold Coast) which are more like someone carefully picked and selected a small sample of Manhattan and laid them out on display).
The characters in the show seem to have what I might consider a very typical Chicago personality (with a different accent of course). Also the housing stock is very similar. Queens has the right mix of single family homes (and similar architectural styles) and larger apartment buildings that is like Chicago. Both have a good public transit.
The differences however are diversity. While Chicago is culturally/ethnically diverse, Queens is much more so. There are WAY more asians in Queens like California-percentage wise. Despite Chicago being international, Asian % is more of an American average. I guess Chicagos mexican population is similar to the Puerto Rican population in Queens.
Interestingly enough, Queens south side is the side that is largely African American like Chicago, but Queens AA population is on average much more well off, and more middle class. Unfortunately the same can not be said for Chicago. Chicagos AA areas are very "rustbelt" Better maintained and less abandoned than Detroit, but is still desperate and desolate nonetheless. And more often than not, middle class AA areas, are often more integrated too.
Anyways, I was wondering what you have to say about the show. For the parts of Queens that are more "generational Irish-Italian-American" Queens neighborhoods does the show portray that well?
The show doesn't terrible accurately portray Queens. Queens is far more heavily immigrant dominated [especially Asian and hispanic] then the show makes it out to be.
I believe it takes place in Middle Village, which is still a heavily multi-generational Irish-Italian neighborhood. Not many neighborhoods in Queens that are like that anymore though, only Middle Village, Howard Beach, Belle Harbor, and a few others.
Show is supposed to take place in Rego Park I believe^^^^^^
Yea its Rego Park
And I agree completely and have thought this for a while but Queens is very similar to Chicago to me too except more diverse and without a huge downtown area.
They often show "Lefrak City" where Deacon is supposed to live in apartment 16C.
But they show it as a group of mid rise buidings...like 8 stories or so?
Lefrak City are high rises.
It wouldn't have been TOO hard to get that right.
I agree with the poster who said that KOQ is not ethnically diverse enough.
Really? I always though it was MV, the house looks like a house in MV. I know in the show, they also often go to a bar that is located in Glendale.
I looked it up, and found that although the show is supposed to take place in Rego Park, the actual house they used for filming is in New Jersey. The King of Queens House | IAMNOTASTALKER
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