The Keatons are the main characters of Family Ties. They consist of parents Steven and Elyse and children Alex, Mallory, Jennifer, and Andy. They live in Columbus, Ohio, next door to the Handelman family and either next door or across the street, depending on the episode, from the Obeck family. Their milkman is Tom, and their plumber is Bud Carlson. They have two cars.[1] They aren't a religious family, but some of them have spiritual beliefs.[2][3] Flashbacks set outdoors in It Happened One Night seem to suggest that they live in a brick house, although the view from their front door shows that at least part of their house has yellow siding. Their house faces east.[4] They live in the Leland Heights neighborhood in the school district of the same name, two miles from the Columbus school district.[5] Before they moved to Columbus, their house was inhabited by the Epsteins.[6]
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