Why are we supposed to imply that the only reason leonard and the guys met penny is because she moved in across the hall?

[Anonymous]

One of the episodes of Big bang, they show leonard looking across the hall (i think it was the first episode in fact), and seeing this tall blonde bombshell. He gets up the nerve to just go say hi, but, that doesn't mean she HAD to befriend him and the guys. What would have happened if she had moved in to an apartment on a lower or higher level. Would they still have become friends? I mean, is placement really that big of a factor in how and when you meet someone?

[inhua]

the show also implies that smart, hard-working, less attractive men somehow end up with chicks who are perceived to be out of their league only because she was sick and tired of dating jerks, assholes, douchebags and she needs a beta provider to save her from her situation

furthermore the show wants us to believe he gives her the best sex ever which keeps her loyal to him despite her triple digit body count that should make it impossible for her to ever pair-bond to him

[marrk]

Yes I believe so. It’s quite convenient and if you think of her character, it kinda falls in line…the convenience aspect. I think you’d have more of a point of Penny meeting others if it were a neighborhood rather than an apartment complex in a big city.

[Redstang88]

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