[Drama chat] Dramas with a strong sense of place

I’ll give the obvious answer: rooftops.
Fight For My Way, You Are My Spring, Just Between Lovers, High Society, every single school drama, Happiness, etc., have these special rooftop scenes?

Rooftops are magic, they can be or mean anything. In Happiness and HS it was all about a new beginning or freedom, in school or workplace dramas it’s a safe place (scape) —or maybe the most dangerous place (bullying, suicides)—. In other shows it becomes EVERYTHING. When we have the cohabitation/neighbors trope in these rooftop houses, all the big moments happen there. If you don’t believe me, watch You Are My Spring or Jugglers.

2. Shows with a central squad also have their special place, but sometimes it doesn’t have relevance. I will always remember the detective agency (well, the whole neighborhood) in Zombie Detective, but I can’t say the same about other shows.
Same with medical or legal dramas. Sometimes you’re watching a medical drama, but you forget your watching a medical drama (Yong Pal, Blood), other times you feel like you’re in that hospital (D-Day, Dr Kim).

3. To answer the question “are there any drama settings that you loved like a second lead?”. Yes, there are.
The buildings from Happiness and Sweet Home. Every corner of those buildings were important for the development of the stories. Loved them.

[Drama chat] Dramas with a strong sense of place
Source: Buzz Pinay Daily