Is anyone here a Yuppie brave enough to come out of the closet? (Bush: living in, military)

[nJohn]

Originally Posted by pittsteelerfan

Wow, you guys really like bungalows that much? Tearing down brownstones is a crime, not a bungalow!

I like both, but if I had to choose it would be a brown/greystone over a bungalow.

[NSX]

Originally Posted by lenniel

I get the sense you think yuppies lean towards the left? I would tend to disagree. I would think people with some money, most of whom have worked and earned vs. inherited (although that happens as well) are less likely to have the democratic ideaology of taking from the rich and giving to the poor. I'm thinking more yuppies lean towards the right and believe people are responsible for their own success/failure in life.

While I'm at it, are you also insinuating that yuppies are non-patriotic?
Please clarify.

I would agree with most of what you're saying. The yuppies I have met are very socially liberal, but very financially conservative and money-oriented. What gets to me is how their favorite pastime is to rip on Bush, our military, and this country in general publicly. However, in private they will vote for the Republican hoping for possible tax advantages. They will complain about how our country is not more like Europe in certain aspects, but would never move there due to the advantages that our country provides.

[Venom]

I love Chicago apartment building's look.

I hate the new condos they build. They're facade is like plain as hell.

[BRU67]

Originally Posted by NSX

I would agree with most of what you're saying. The yuppies I have met are very socially liberal, but very financially conservative and money-oriented. What gets to me is how their favorite pastime is to rip on Bush, our military, and this country in general publicly. However, in private they will vote for the Republican hoping for possible tax advantages. They will complain about how our country is not more like Europe in certain aspects, but would never move there due to the advantages that our country provides.

I can only imagine what reaction I would get if I stated generalizations about the lower income Latinos and African-Americans I have met in the same way you do here about upper middle class whites It's not ok to discriminate, against anyone.

[softdev]

Darn those yuppies and all that money they spend in the neighborhood. Who do they think they are?!?! Why don't they just be poor keep the hood in the same sorry state its been in since the 60s?

[NSX]

Originally Posted by BRU67

I can only imagine what reaction I would get if I stated generalizations about the lower income Latinos and African-Americans I have met in the same way you do here about upper middle class whites It's not ok to discriminate, against anyone.

You can get off your pedestal any time now.

In case you were not aware, living the yuppie lifestyle is a choice. Don't even try to compare any of the hardships that low-income Latinos and African American have dealt with to that of rich overprivileged yuppie brats. I'm not going to sit up late at night and feel sad because a yuppie was made fun of somewhere.

[Lookout Kid]

Originally Posted by NSX

I would agree with most of what you're saying. The yuppies I have met are very socially liberal, but very financially conservative and money-oriented. What gets to me is how their favorite pastime is to rip on Bush, our military, and this country in general publicly. However, in private they will vote for the Republican hoping for possible tax advantages. They will complain about how our country is not more like Europe in certain aspects, but would never move there due to the advantages that our country provides.

Wanting out country to be more like Europe in some ways and wanting to move to Europe are very different things. Do you really expect someone who supports mass transit or universal health care to leave their home for a foreign country? I'm tired of this "I'm more American than you" bull****. Go to hell. Your attitude is just knee-jerk ridiculousness. Also, it's really not common for us left-leaning professional folk to rip on the military. It just doesn't happen. Bush bashing? Well that's common in pretty much every segment of society. He had a 29% approval rating, so it's really a pretty small minortiy that actually liked the job he was doing. He is the Jimmy Carter of the Republican Party, afterall (or even worse, since Carter just sank the economy without the botched wars and body count).

[Lookout Kid]

Originally Posted by NSX

You can get off your pedestal any time now.

In case you were not aware, living the yuppie lifestyle is a choice.

So is being an @sshole. But it's a choice you apparently made long ago. Now buzz off back to your redneck Florida forum where you belong.

[west lawn kid]

the opposite of a yuppie is a blue collar city dweller who is usually from the area he lives in
area. A good example of those would be people on the souwest side.

[coldwine]

Originally Posted by justalicious6989

you are dead on 100% bungalows are what makes chicago so unique with housing, these beasts are tearing them down...

I don't understand the bungalow thing. They're incredibly ugly, super-suburban style housing. Not to say that the McMansions replacing them are any better, but I don't like bungalows in general.

I really like rowhouses and townhomes. I wish Chicago had more.