The series focuses on a group of privileged teenagers who attend a prestigious high school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. Their private lives are constantly commented upon by an unknown blogger under the pseudonym "Gossip Girl". Gossip Girl chronicles the scandals and intimate details of the characters' lives during high school, college and in the years that follow. All of their ups and downs are available for the public to read about. Throughout this time, the characters strive to unveil Gossip Girl's true identity while covertly engaging in disastrous schemes.