Worse Kind of Yuppie Now Invading 'Burg
Now that the battle’s clearly been lost against the relatively inoffensive yuppies of the creative classes in Williamsburg (read: non-Wall Street types who still make enough dough, or have parents who make enough dough, to buy a new condo within walking distance of the Bedford L train), locals have something far worse to get their…
Now that the battle’s clearly been lost against the relatively inoffensive yuppies of the creative classes in Williamsburg (read: non-Wall Street types who still make enough dough, or have parents who make enough dough, to buy a new condo within walking distance of the Bedford L train), locals have something far worse to get their hackles up about: conspicuous banker frat boys who treat the North Side like an extension of the Lower East Side. Case in point was one local (hardly an old-timer, mind you: she’s live in the Burg since 2004) quoted in The Post this weekend: “I went to Walter Foods, and there was this long table of obvious Manhattanites who were partying with the wild abandon of people who know they won’t run into anyone they know. They were acting like they were in Cancun, doing tons of shots, screaming, falling asleep sitting up. Meanwhile, I’m trying to have a nice dinner with my mom. It was hideous.
There Goes the Neighborhood! [NY Post]
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i am stupid. i actually read the post.
I say that Dirty Hipster should take on a new handle: The Fighting Yuppie!
I’m pretty sure they’d go to Moscot’s, DH.
dh – did you get too much ice and not enough coffee this morning?
Pretty sure my yuppie friend meant to say Morgenthal Frederics.
*pfft* Lenscrafters hahahahha
Oh, wait…were you being ironic?
I’m a yuppie – If Travis Simon or any other wanna be has a problem with that, they are welcome come up to me and express this dissatisfaction with me. Can’t guarantee they won’t be making a trip to Lenscrafters the next day to get their ironic black glasses replaced.
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Again though, I have to ask, when did these jobs start paying the $300K income it takes to afford an $800K condo?
heather, they didnt. never have, and for the most part never will. there’s a certain level of “lets not talk about where i get my monies” in nyc. and i’ve come to learn these days it’s not worth the effort to be jealous of where these people are getting there monies, because it’s irrelevant to one’s happiness. a vast majority of people with money truly did work for it and if they didnt, their parents did. that’s great for them. they will never understand the concept of scrounging up change to buy dog food lol. they are missing out on one of life’s true experiences — that of survival.
*rob*
By Heather on April 26, 2010 11:00 AM
Again though, I have to ask, when did these jobs start paying the $300K income it takes to afford an $800K condo?
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One thing that always bugs me about The Hunt and Habitat columns in the NYT is they don’t explain how folks got in the position to afford the place. Which is fine, they are entitled to their privacy…but IME the answer is not that they are making $300K, but that an event catapulted them into a different financial position. Sold a painting that appreciated wildly, inherited money from deceased relative, flipped a place they bought dirt cheap 15-20 years ago…these are 3 real life examples of friends who are buying places they have no business owning based purely on their career and current income.
you people who are claiming there are hordes of people throwing up on your street are being a bit hyperbolic. i mean yes i can totally picture this to be the case (i used to live on ludlow street) and every thursday, friday, and saturday night hoardes of drunken fratboyish and sorority types would infest the streets making it impossible for me to even walk my dog, yet i dont think i ever actually saw anyone throw up. you cant blame people for wanting to come to a certain area, you have to blame the people that make an area desirable to begin with. and if anyone is reading this id like to say that next hip happening spot is at the courtyards of the gowanus houses lol. please go there, have fun, have a puke fest! yays!
*rob*
BoerumHill, you do have a point.
Although the added “value” of an interior decorator or stylist to society seems pretty questionable to me too. I will admit, a part of me is still stuck in the nineties, when creative jobs paid crap and everyone was poor except the computer geeks. It was a happier, simpler time.
Again though, I have to ask, when did these jobs start paying the $300K income it takes to afford an $800K condo?