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From: sdyer@bbnccv.UUCP (Steve Dyer)
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Subject: Re: Yuppies (=gays)
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Date: Thu, 25-Apr-85 00:57:59 EST
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That's an interesting observation.  Some (read: well-to-do,
upper-middle-class) gay people have been responsible for much of
the "gentrification" in inner cities beginning in the late 60's.
Back then, these places were opportunities which most people
wouldn't touch.  Having a bit more disposable income than a
typical family (no kids, you see) and a bit more spare time,
they worked to shape their environments into their image of
the good life.

Today's young, professional straight couples actually have a lot in common
with gay couples: they are putting off having families, have become
more sophisticated in their tastes, and have the money to indulge them.
There's not much difference there, except sexual preference!  Some
wags, probably before the coinage of the Y-word, have called them
"straight gays."  Other people see the "yuppie" phenomenon as just
another example of the great morass of straights rushing in to
exploit what gay people have pioneered. :-)

-- 
/Steve Dyer
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