Native New Yorker yuppies?

[BugsyPal]

Originally Posted by l1995

Why is it assumed that yuppies, rich snobs, etc. are all transplants? Are there not wealthy communities in all 5 boroughs filled with people born into money?

And on a similar note, it's the same thing with hipsters. Why is it assumed they're all transplants? I've met a ton of hipsters who are native New Yorkers. My cousin for instance, is a hardcore hipster (and artist and dresses like a hobo from 1923) and he's lived in Brooklyn his whole life.

Of course there are; on the UES they frequent the same haunts as their parents, grandparents, etc... J.G. Mellon, Dorian's Bar and so forth.


Then there are the private prep/high schools that have educated legions of NYC born "yuppies".


One of the best films about them was "Metropolitan". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_(1990_film)


Their lives still revolve around same things pretty much as the parents, grandparents. Junior League, debutant balls, though perhaps not as much coverage and or exclusive as things once were.

[OyCrumbler]

Originally Posted by pierrepont7731

Very funny... Let me guess, you're one of those outsiders...

What's funny about misusing the English language? If you're already here, how are you coming?

Speak American, bro, or GTFO.

[BugsyPal]

Originally Posted by Mr.Retired

Brooklyn Bank robbers: Jickers it's da cops
Bugs Bunny: Quick ! Hide in da stove.
Bugs Bunny confronting Irish Cop: Would I throw a match if someone was hiding in da stove?
Irish Cop: Ya might rabbit , ya might, ya might ?


Nope : even cartoons today have to be politically and generically correct..sad.. sad.. sad..

The master at work!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSNTjX_g9a4

[BugsyPal]

Originally Posted by Mr.Retired

Brooklyn Bank robbers: Jickers it's da cops
Bugs Bunny: Quick ! Hide in da stove.
Bugs Bunny confronting Irish Cop: Would I throw a match if someone was hiding in da stove?
Irish Cop: Ya might rabbit , ya might, ya might ?


Nope : even cartoons today have to be politically and generically correct..sad.. sad.. sad..

Well first you'd have to find an Irish NYC cop with a thick brogue to be offended. *LOL*


That would likely not an easy task in today's NYPD. Now up until the 1950's or so, it was a different story.

[OyCrumbler]

Originally Posted by Mr.Retired

Brooklyn Bank robbers: Jickers it's da cops
Bugs Bunny: Quick ! Hide in da stove.
Bugs Bunny confronting Irish Cop: Would I throw a match if someone was hiding in da stove?
Irish Cop: Ya might rabbit , ya might, ya might ?


Nope : even cartoons today have to be politically and generically correct..sad.. sad.. sad..

Have you watched some of the cartoons today? They get really wild.

[BugsyPal]

Originally Posted by OyCrumbler

Have you watched some of the cartoons today? They get really wild.

Yes, but they just are no where near what things were like in our day.


So much of even the vintage Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes cartoons have been sanitized.


Some of this for the good; such as the scene where Bugs Bunny shakes Baby Faced Finster and tells him "not to play with the dirty money".


However much of the rest is often rubbish. The Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide: D


How LGBT hasn't gotten this one banned I don't know, but they better not even try. It is pure BB gold!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiVLtzH4Oi8

[Bronxguyanese]

Originally Posted by l1995

Why is it assumed that yuppies, rich snobs, etc. are all transplants? Are there not wealthy communities in all 5 boroughs filled with people born into money?

And on a similar note, it's the same thing with hipsters. Why is it assumed they're all transplants? I've met a ton of hipsters who are native New Yorkers. My cousin for instance, is a hardcore hipster (and artist and dresses like a hobo from 1923) and he's lived in Brooklyn his whole life.

Yuppies and hipsters are two different things. Yes nyc has affluent neighborhoods with with affluent native new Yorkers with high esteemed positions and graduated from top universities. They do exist, but a minority vs well educated transplants.

[l1995]

Originally Posted by Bronxguyanese

Yuppies and hipsters are two different things. Yes nyc has affluent neighborhoods with with affluent native new Yorkers with high esteemed positions and graduated from top universities. They do exist, but a minority vs well educated transplants.

I know they're different, that's why I made two seperate paragraphs about them.