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Why did he live on the 2nd floor?


Did they allude as to why his apartment was on the 2nd floor? I wonder how difficult it would have been for an ambulance get him to a hospital.

Also when was the last time he left the apartment? And down the stairs no less.

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Because he lived there before he got massively obese?

But good point, a detail I hadn't really noticed.

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oh yes good call. I would have requested a move downstairs though!
I guess he got everything delivered to him once he became mostly immobile.

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Because his name is Luka?

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Luka?

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He lives on second floor.

Suzanne Vega song.

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ah I only really know her tune "Tom's Diner". Will give a listen!

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Wow, I'd forgotten about that song! Kinda got an urge to listen to it now.

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I don't think it was the second floor of an apartment block?
I thought it was a house with a front porch and 2 or 3 steps up to the porch. The delivery driver would leave the food outside his front door on the porch.

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He was in a small apartment compex. The delivery guy waited halfway on the stairs at one point to catch a glimpse of charlie getting the delivery at the front door

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Someone was watching their phone more than the movie.

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It was the second floor (or higher). When Liz was on the porch talking to Tom you could see an out of focus vehicle (through the railing’s posts) that was easily a full floor lower.

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You cant always choose a perfect location to live, also the obvious he may have been in better health when he moved in.

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