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Old 12-11-2008, 07:46 PM
 
Location: Chicago- Lawrence and Kedzie/Maywood
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Hey, I'm just a little kid.
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Old 12-11-2008, 07:51 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Hey, I'm just a little kid.
Go to bed then.
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Old 12-12-2008, 09:03 AM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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Go to bed then.
At 8:45? You're a mean dad!
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Old 12-12-2008, 09:05 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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At 8:45? You're a mean dad!
Do you want a spanking? Bad girl.
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Old 12-12-2008, 09:33 PM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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Now I'm scared
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Old 12-12-2008, 09:35 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Now I'm scared
You know me better than that.
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Old 12-15-2008, 12:08 PM
 
Location: houston/sugarland
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Their arogance, from only shopping at the "right" stores, eating at the "right" places and only doing what they are told by others is "cool". No originality, and very judgemental is how I see the "Yuppies" in Chicago.

I guess it's a negative to me, but like you pointed out in your definitions, it's can be any "Young Urban Professional". I just don't feel like a "Yuppie" and I never have. I mean, I've never seen any "Yuppies" at Aldi. Unfortunately, I've been called a "Yuppie" once, and I'm still puzzled as to why, other than that I care about my appearance and those who called me that obviously didn't.

Just out of curiosity EEstudent, why do you want to leave a nice place like Sugarland, TX. to come to Chicago? I was actually considering at one time relocating to Sugarland, but my workplace made me an offer I couldn't refuse so I stayed.
I think you nailed what i was trying to articulate...

Why do i want to move out of SugarLand... well if your either under 15 or over 35 SugarLand is great... but anything in between its a living hell. There is absolutely nothing to do except go eat. And chicago has alot more for 18-30 year olds.
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Old 01-15-2009, 07:40 AM
 
Location: houston/sugarland
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What's the difference between a Yuppie and a BoBo?
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Old 04-04-2009, 12:16 AM
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I would call myself as close to opposite of a yuppie as you can get, for being a young-professional in his late 20's with a six figure income.

I’m not in love with DC, NY, SF, Seattle etc, and chose to go to Tampa Bay and take a lower salary to get away from the yuppie craziness. I see no point in designer clothes and I never spend more than $30 at a restaurant. I love beaches and fast cars, and hate museums and coffee shops. I chose to own Corvettes, Vipers, and motorcycles instead of BMWs and Mercedes' as a status symbol to impress fellow yuppies.

Most of all, I'm not ashamed of my blue-collar roots and I am proud to be an American. I take pride in using hard work and intelligence to move forward in life, not dishonesty and brown-nosing. I only wish that more young and educated Americans wouldn't buy in to this yuppie/starbucks crap so much.
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Old 04-04-2009, 12:26 AM
 
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The opposite of a young urban professional would be an old, country, blue collar worker.

There's nothing wrong with the idea of a yuppie per se, but some yuppies don't give a crap about the neighborhoods they move into, the people they see on a daily basis and they judge others based on what coach purse they're carrying around this week.

...And they tear down perfectly lovely bungalows.
Ain't you yourself a "yuppie"? I know Wicker Park fits the profile, as do your comments on this forum.
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