Joseph Francis "Joey" Tribbiani, Jr. is a fictional character from the NBC sitcoms "Friends" and its spin-off "Joey", portrayed by Matt LeBlanc. An Italian-American struggling actor, he lives in New York City with his roommate and best friend, Chandler Bing, and hangs out in a tight-knit group of friends - Chandler Bing, Ross Geller, Monica Geller-Bing, Rachel Green and Phoebe Buffay.
On "Joey", the lead character lives in NYC.
Although the character is the same, on "Friends" LeBlanc plays "An Italian-American struggling actor, he lives in New York City with his roommate and best friend, Chandler Bing". On the spin-off, we don't know if he still lives in NYC, etc.