Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site think.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!think!craig From: craig@think.ARPA (Craig Stanfill) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: what is a yuppie Message-ID: <3272@think.ARPA> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 08:11:31 EST Article-I.D.: think.3272 Posted: Wed Nov 6 08:11:31 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Nov-85 06:17:43 EST References: <1454@hound.UUCP> <2017@pyuxd.UUCP> Reply-To: craig@think.UUCP (Craig Stanfill) Organization: Thinking Machines, Cambridge, MA Lines: 25 This ``what is a yuppie'' topic has gotten to be a flaming match for sour grapes and prejudice. What is a yuppie? ``Yuppie'' is a demographic term which means just what it says: A young, urban, professional. People who are below age 40, live in major urban areas, are well educated, and make a lot of money. Exactly where you draw the line on income is a matter of debate. What are yuppies like? In general, they have large disposable incomes: a lot of money that they can do with as they please. How they spend that money depends on the individuals. Which is where the flaming-match aspect of this discussion comes in. People associate yuppies with townhouses in Back Bay, BMW's, raquetball clubs, skiing vacations, VCR's, and eating in expensive restaurants. For some yuppies, this is accurate, for some this is not. In any event there seems to be a mixture of jealousy at yuppies having things that other people cannot, and prejudice against yuppies as having been born into the preppy elite, gone to Harvard Law School, and being ostentatious, spoiled, and narcisistic. Sorry. Sometimes its true, sometimes its not. Prejudice is seldom accurate, and sour grapes are never appealing. -Craig