#house study

before i start any of this, there's a post about Sam's apartment already made by @biluata here. check it out too! there's this post too by @peardita

Sam's kitchen/dinning room/sitting area were basically the most shown parts of the apartment on screen. it has a few things there:

Sam's house set location is in Cleveland.

the house is obviously two stories with an attic, that weren't all featured in the movie. this could be due to the fact a VA counselor can't possibly afford such a house:

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