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jcardenas · 10-22-2003, 05:22 PM

Where the heck DID they live?

hawaii five-o · 10-22-2003, 07:08 PM

They never say on the show, but they live somewhere in the Los Angeles area.

Brady Fan · 10-23-2003, 12:32 PM

Yea it's in California, I think I read somewhere it was Sana Monica (sp?)

Tweety · 10-28-2003, 07:37 AM

In the episode where Jan receives the locket, the address given is 4222 Clinton Way, City...

Obviously, they didn't want to identify a particular city as the Brady's residence.

However, someone (I don't remember if it was here on this site or perhaps on the Jump The Shark site) has pointed out that back in those days, in many areas, you could put "City" on a letter, and the Post Office would assume that the letter was intended for delivery in the same city in which it was mailed. If that's true, it was a pretty clever way to avoid naming an actual city.

But the Bradys definitely lived somewhere in California, near Los Angeles.

SKay · 10-28-2003, 05:38 PM

Actually, I think Peter was the one who said that it must have been mailed from the city where they lived since it just had City in the address.

richheart · 11-07-2003, 12:43 PM

Santa Monica sounds like the most probable place.

- Near the beach.

- Near the movie studios, where they spend the day with cousin Oliver.

- Not too big. Greg claimed to have searched the entire side of the town on his bicycle to search for Jan's boyfriend, George Glass.

Pug Lover · 11-07-2003, 02:28 PM

I know that the house we see as the exterior,is 11222 Dilling Street,which is located right in the Hollywood area.So that partly leads me to believe that the Bradys live in Los Angeles.They must surely live in Southern California at least,because we,ve never seen it snow in their nieghborhood.

Vegas Girl · 11-07-2003, 02:31 PM

I never got the part about Greg saying "There's no George Glass in this part of town". It's not like they live in a tiny rural town.
How could he check the names of every kid in LA?

JM2 · 12-01-2003, 05:40 AM

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Originally posted by Vegas Girl
I never got the part about Greg saying "There's no George Glass in this part of town". It's not like they live in a tiny rural town.
How could he check the names of every kid in LA?

I grew up in the LA area when this show was filmed and when we talked about 'town'. We always meant the particular subburb we lived in.

So, to live in LA, as we sometimes refered to our town to outsiders, we all lived in suberbia. Like my town had a population of 10,000 , where the next town over had about 20,000. You all know the towns I am talking about...Newport Beach, Torrence, Lakewood, Redondo Beach, Sana Monica and even Orange County is the same way.

So, Greg could actually know about his part of town as I did mine in my childhood.

But I seem to remember them living in Northern CA.

JM2

TV Guy · 12-01-2003, 06:10 PM

It was a suburb of Los Angeles. In "A Very Brady Christmas", Alice goes to the airport to pick up some of the kids, and the airport is very clearly LAX.

jcardenas · 12-07-2003, 03:54 PM

hmmm...... I just saw something that clicked in my head. That episode where Greg buys the junky car from his friend then tries to resell it to someone else. He says something to his dad along the lines of " You'll never see anything better like this on this side of Indianapolis"? What could he mean by that?

James · 12-07-2003, 04:19 PM

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Originally posted by jcardenas
hmmm...... I just saw something that clicked in my head. That episode where Greg buys the junky car from his friend then tries to resell it to someone else. He says something to his dad along the lines of " You'll never see anything better like this on this side of Indianapolis"? What could he mean by that?

Greg was likely comparing his car to an Indianapolis 500 (aka "Indy 500") race car. Indianapolis is where the Indy 500 (and a few others, such as the Brickyard 400) are run.

jcardenas · 12-07-2003, 10:52 PM

Yeah, I know what Indy racing is..and I thought of that but I was also thinking that might have been a clue or something. Oh well, maybe we'll never know.

jehobden · 01-15-2004, 03:08 AM

The original series never gave a hometown, but several clues came out, such as the closeness of the beach and a movie studio (which was of course actually Paramount standing in for the phony movie studio). The Bradys pretty well confirmed that it was the LA area, since Cindy was a DJ at KBLA radio, or some similar-named station.

sixfingers · 05-24-2008, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jehobden

The original series never gave a hometown, but several clues came out, such as the closeness of the beach and a movie studio (which was of course actually Paramount standing in for the phony movie studio). The Bradys pretty well confirmed that it was the LA area, since Cindy was a DJ at KBLA radio, or some similar-named station.

Also in Kelly's Kids they said they were out west and in Dear Libby they said Farmington Illinois was 2000 miles away (an approximation no doubt!).

10-22-2003, 05:22 PM	#1
jcardenas Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 08, 2003 Posts: 23	City and State?? Where the heck DID they live?

11-07-2003, 02:28 PM	#7
Pug Lover Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 05, 2003 Location: Hamilton Ontario Canada Posts: 467	City and State? I know that the house we see as the exterior,is 11222 Dilling Street,which is located right in the Hollywood area.So that partly leads me to believe that the Bradys live in Los Angeles.They must surely live in Southern California at least,because we,ve never seen it snow in their nieghborhood.
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10-22-2003, 07:08 PM	#2
hawaii five-o Book 'Em, Dano Senior Member Join Date: Jun 27, 2003 Location: At home, eating cereal straight out of the box Posts: 1,406	They never say on the show, but they live somewhere in the Los Angeles area.

10-23-2003, 12:32 PM	#3
Brady Fan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Location: The Good Ol' USA Posts: 163	Yea it's in California, I think I read somewhere it was Sana Monica (sp?)

10-28-2003, 07:37 AM	#4
Tweety Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 18, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 6,804	In the episode where Jan receives the locket, the address given is 4222 Clinton Way, City... Obviously, they didn't want to identify a particular city as the Brady's residence. However, someone (I don't remember if it was here on this site or perhaps on the Jump The Shark site) has pointed out that back in those days, in many areas, you could put "City" on a letter, and the Post Office would assume that the letter was intended for delivery in the same city in which it was mailed. If that's true, it was a pretty clever way to avoid naming an actual city. But the Bradys definitely lived somewhere in California, near Los Angeles.

10-28-2003, 05:38 PM	#5
SKay Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 27, 2003 Posts: 321	Actually, I think Peter was the one who said that it must have been mailed from the city where they lived since it just had City in the address.

11-07-2003, 12:43 PM	#6
richheart Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 25, 2002 Posts: 205	Santa Monica sounds like the most probable place. - Near the beach. - Near the movie studios, where they spend the day with cousin Oliver. - Not too big. Greg claimed to have searched the entire side of the town on his bicycle to search for Jan's boyfriend, George Glass.

11-07-2003, 02:31 PM	#8
Vegas Girl Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 10, 2003 Posts: 1,339	I never got the part about Greg saying "There's no George Glass in this part of town". It's not like they live in a tiny rural town. How could he check the names of every kid in LA?

12-01-2003, 06:10 PM	#10
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	It was a suburb of Los Angeles. In "A Very Brady Christmas", Alice goes to the airport to pick up some of the kids, and the airport is very clearly LAX.

12-07-2003, 03:54 PM	#11
jcardenas Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 08, 2003 Posts: 23	hmmm...... I just saw something that clicked in my head. That episode where Greg buys the junky car from his friend then tries to resell it to someone else. He says something to his dad along the lines of " You'll never see anything better like this on this side of Indianapolis"? What could he mean by that?

12-07-2003, 10:52 PM	#13
jcardenas Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 08, 2003 Posts: 23	Yeah, I know what Indy racing is..and I thought of that but I was also thinking that might have been a clue or something. Oh well, maybe we'll never know.

01-15-2004, 03:08 AM	#14
jehobden Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 06, 2002 Location: DFW Area, TX Posts: 2,004	The original series never gave a hometown, but several clues came out, such as the closeness of the beach and a movie studio (which was of course actually Paramount standing in for the phony movie studio). The Bradys pretty well confirmed that it was the LA area, since Cindy was a DJ at KBLA radio, or some similar-named station.