Seinfelds apartment seems pretty huge to me, and i dont live anywhere near as expensive as New York

http://img00.deviantart.net/15bd/i/2013/039/8/f/jerry_seinfe...

similarly the main apartment in friends seems pretty large

http://pre14.deviantart.net/3e01/th/pre/i/2016/036/8/8/frien... - note that this diagram is for both the girls apartment and the guys apartment across the hall, so we are looking at two apartments here

quick credit to the artist of these diagrams, they have a ton of other shows on their deviantart page[1]

[1]http://nikneuk.deviantart.com/gallery/