Homes made famous by television — Carrie Bradshaw's apartment, the Sopranos house, Walter White's bungalow, and various UK sitcom and soap locations — have become unofficial tourist sites, often to the discomfort of the people who actually live there. Emmerdale's Kate Fox describes strangers walking into her house uninvited; the Breaking Bad bungalow's owners built a 6ft fence after fans kept recreating a pizza-throwing scene, which fans still attempt by climbing the gate.
Not everyone minds: Glenda Kenyon, whose Barry, Wales home appears in Gavin and Stacey, turned her house into a full tribute shop and tour stop, welcoming 168 busloads of visitors last year and crediting the experience with easing years of loneliness and depression. In London, Ted Lasso tourism has transformed a stretch of Richmond, with pub manager Reece Kent now fielding 150–200 visitors daily from as far as Japan and Jamaica, some of whom mistakenly believe he inspired the show's Roy Kent character.
A Melbourne suburb saw more than a quarter of a million Neighbours fans over 37 years, prompting a permanently stationed security guard for its faux Ramsay Street.
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