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Out of curiosity how old are you?
New girl relies far too much on awkward, cringe, humour to be actively funny. With too many larger than life charactures. 
Friends feels more like a comedy where you could actually imagine being in. >

That's interesting coz one of the main reasons I prefer New Girl is exactly for the reason you mentioned you don't. I can relate myself more to New Girl than Friends. Friends seems too out of touch with reality.