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Yuppie?

A dog and festival goers at the H-Street Festival.

Days at the office, school in the evenings, the commute, nights producing music, and weekends with friends at restaurants and bars…wait, when did I become a yuppie?
To me, the term yuppie, or “young urban professional” describes someone who is young, lives in a city, and works in an office. That’s it.

Apparently others have more specific ideas of what yuppies are:

yuppies

The Wikipedia entry is also hilarious.

I don’t know if I fit the stereotype. Halvers thinks that my favorite bars in Minneapolis are chichi poo-poo, but I disagree.

I love Minneapolis, but as a Miami transplant, I can’t take Minneapolis chichi seriously. Maybe that will change once I get my L.L. Bean Duck Hunting Boots?

3 Comments

  • Matt
    March 11, 2011 at 3:28 pm

    Seriously, what self-respecting Yuppie would ever wear anything by L.L. Bean?

    Reply
    • Jansen
      March 14, 2011 at 10:00 pm

      Gasp! But It’s totally ironic!

      Reply
  • Ironic hipster mustache
    May 11, 2015 at 8:26 am

    […] Although you have lurid digs and raunch in every city, Minneapolis gays tend to be more in the yuppie vein, despite their dating […]

    Reply

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