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From: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.singles,net.motss
Subject: Re: Yuppies
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Date: Wed, 24-Apr-85 19:05:11 EDT
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Posted: Wed Apr 24 19:05:11 1985
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Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco
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Summary: Guppy = gay yuppy

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>> I hear a lot of people talking about Yuppies in a general sense but rarely
>> mentioning anything particular.  It seems all we know about them is that
>> they buy Volvos, vote in their own best interests, and lack all historical
>> perspective.
>> The interesting thing is that Yuppies are generally spoken of disparagingly
>> (on this net and elsewhere) but I never hear any Yuppies defending themselves.
>> This leads me to ask whether Yuppies really exist, or are they just another
>> media creation?
>
>I moved to a neighborhood in Seattle, Wa. which is said to be a 'Yuppie'
>neighborhood. After living there only a few months, Iearned that the 
>neighborhood contained a high percentage of gays. 
>
>In another setting the Boston, Mass, I observed the same phenomenon.
>
>Maybee yuppie means gay??????

There is a separate label for Gay (male) young urban professionals, Guppy.
(Seriously, I have heard that word used, but somewhat tongue-in-cheek.)
However, just about all my gay friends are not sufficiently
conspicuously consumptive to qualify for Yuppydom/guppydom.
Much to down-to-earth despite any stereotype of San Francisco gay men.


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Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell, San Francisco, California
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