What were some criticisms of the yuppie lifestyle?

Mar 23, 2015 ... Except for the bars on the windows, it looks about the same. The dinner is a Big Chill–ish reunion of old friends, except for two strangers ... Jun 9, 2024 ... Yuppies, of course, were the elite, well-educated slice of the baby-boomer generation, a group of high achievers who became one of the defining cultural forces ... I will be picking one of these "Yuppie Beacons" up for myself for future solo hiking as an added level of safety. Even if I never have to use the device, having ... 7 days ago ... a young college-educated adult who is employed in a well-paying profession and who lives and works in or near a large city A yuppie is a young adult, maturing in the between stage of leaving college and starting a professional career. Jun 22, 2011 ... Go the F**k to Sleep exposes yuppie parents' sexlessness, self-pity, and repressed rage. By Katie Roiphe. June 22, 20115 ... Jun 1, 1984 ... YUPPIE. Can you remember how you felt the first time you heard the charming word? Our reaction upon being introduced to it was to recall the ... Feb 12, 2013 ... In this study, Barbara Ehrenreich and John Ehrenreich deploy an all-too-rare example of class analysis as they revisit the concept of the ... Townies were people from small towns in the "sticks" that were small-minded, ignorant simple people that didn't live in the city and were scared of city people ... Sep 3, 2018 ... To that end, I've made the strange decision to rent a hangar at a local airfield. If that's not diving in with both feet first, I don't know ...