Major cities (>1,000,000 MSA) with few yuppies?

[burrrrr]

I'm going to go with St. Louis and Milwaukee. What about Albuquerque, Fort Worth apart from Dallas? - although the two are inseparable, there is a cultural line still there in my opinion. Memphis. I don't know much about Kansas City - but I know it's so cheap to live there - maybe everyone can afford to play "yuppie?"

[Bobloblawslawblog]

Originally Posted by steeps

Isn't the term yuppies 80s 90s ? Maybe 2000s-ish ? With the terms millenials and hipsters and yemmies used now? Or are they merely kinds of yuppies? I heard millennials are now children of the yuppies?

No, there are still plenty of yuppies. Maybe even more now than back then. They just dress differently now and try to act/dress more "hip". There is a definite bleed-over zone with yuppies and hipsters, though they're not exactly the same thing. Never heard of a "yemmie". What is that?

[OuttaTheLouBurbs]

Originally Posted by burrrrr

I'm going to go with St. Louis and Milwaukee. What about Albuquerque, Fort Worth apart from Dallas? - although the two are inseparable, there is a cultural line still there in my opinion. Memphis. I don't know much about Kansas City - but I know it's so cheap to live there - maybe everyone can afford to play "yuppie?"

Yeah, this is a good list. Albuquerque, St. Louis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Memphis as well as cities mentioned by others here-Phoenix, Grand Rapids, Birmingham, Buffalo, Rochester, Oklahoma City; there are also others, such as Cleveland or Detroit (though the liveable parts have been more or less yuppified), Toledo, Cincinnati, Dayton, etc.

In fact, I'm pretty sure most cities haven't been "yuppified." It would be easier to name the few that are as opposed to the ones that aren't.