Quote:There has been prior discussion about the house. Maybe the writers can explain the living arrangement/agreement/ownership. Was it a purchase with joint tenancy? Was it a rental with joint lessees? Yes, Nick left the house and moved in with Monroe. Then Juliette left the house and moved in with Renard. Should we assume the house was someone else's property? If Nick moves out who is left holding the bag (mortgage or lease)?
During Juliette's amnesia episode, she has a memory of Nick bringing in an Elvis Presley lamp after she invited him to move in with her. She discourages him from keeping the lamp in the house. Her memory that she invited Nick to live with her revealed to the audience that the house was in fact, hers. There's no need to question tenancy as the writers established ownership *at that point in time*. There'd be no point in questioning tenancy during the amnesia period either because Nick moved out and Juliette later asked him to move back in, stating *it was his house too*. Whether or not they made this legal at a later date, or she transferred ownership to Nick at a later date has no bearing on the argument here because the scenarios I'm speaking of occurred prior.
Quote:By the way I checked into PPD pay amounts. Per the PPD web page, detectives with 4+years earn $92,955 (http://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/article/454707). Also, a pay chart presented to the City Council showed a retiring detective division commander, Ed Brumfield, took home the highest pay in the fiscal year that ran from July 2011 to June 30, 2012 at $215,166, making more than the chief or his assistant chiefs. The average pay for a DVM in Portland is $105,000 per Indeed. The top 10% of Portland veterinarians earn an average of $133,530 per Sokanu.
Quote:The writers have not provided annual compensation, investment income or net worth amounts for Nick or Juliette, however "slumming", "higher caste", "out of his league" does not seem to be supported by a cursory examination of online compensation data.
Based on these two statements, your argument that Juliette was not slumming has no basis. Online compensation data cannot be used if we don't know investment income or net worths of the two characters.
I will add one thing, however, that could support slumming; Juliette's house. I'm going by today's standards, but the websites I looked at placed the house at anywhere from $399,000 and upwards, depending on number of rooms and location in Portland. Again, using the parameters of what we have been given by the writers themselves, this was Juliette's house for at least three years or more at the time of her amnesia episode.
Your research on veterinarians did not reveal the income of a DVM employed by a firm versus one who's operating a business on their own. If Juliette were self-employed, she could be making far greater money than if she were employed by a firm.
We are not given information on whether Nick had a house or not prior to moving in with Juliette. I suspect he probably lived in an apartment, based on the odd hours involved in being a detective. I have to admit, I find this a little strange. My father was a detective for many years and worked 8 to 5 every day. He never got phone calls at dinner to report to work or at odd hours of the evening.
Quote:The vehicles Nick and Juliette drive look to be rather common. In comparison, the Royals likely ride in Bentleys and Lamborghinis. The wealthiest guy I knew drove a used Chevy. He could pay for a Bently in cash, but chose to enjoy life, make friends and be an honest businessman. You can't judge a book by its cover. New Guy
Can you elaborate more on the point of this paragraph? I'm not sure how any of it relates to slumming or not slumming.
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