Weekend Warriors
Yuppies are funny. Let me explain.
After this story in The PD about a buncha yups taking a weekend cooking course from an “authentic Mexican”, I felt the need to post on it. But then I forgot. I was gonna just move on, but some things just gotta be said.
My disgrutledness (I just made up a new word!) comes from many years of observation living in Roseland. I remember driving by taco trucks on a warm spring evening, and seeing a bunch of people in khaki shorts and Burkenstocks running for Volvos after receiving their food. Or worse yet, if I was at said truck, I’d overhear the conversation: “Oh honey, this area is sewwww VIBRANT and CULTURAL! Let’s order some carnee ass-ada…That sounds adventurous!”. Yet, you see these are the same folks that lock their car doors or cross the street when they see a person of color approaching and write scathing anti-immigrant comments on the PD website any time an ethinic name pops up in a story.
Basically this is their outlook on things:
* We love your food, just don’t live by us
* We love your music, just don’t date our daughter
* We love wine, just not the people who bring it to the table
etc. etc. etc.
I’m sure some day, Roseland will experience gentrification as many other areas in the Bay Area have. High priced condos will force out those who have lived there for years because they can’t afford it anymore and there will be “California Fusion” taquerias every 2 blocks. It’s an ugly thought but hey, such is life I guess.
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I don’t think gentrification will be coming to Roseland anytime soon, but a guy can dream!
Ahhhh. Gotta disagree with you on this one pardner. Bashing people simply because they choose to wear a certain type of shoe (birkenstock) or drive a certain car (volvo) doesn’t jive with our free world. And, those people who gladly enjoy their food from the taco truck might be comfortable because they know the taco truck workers ARE WORKING whereas leaving their door unlocked at night invites people who usually have an aversion to honest work. Come on now. You can do better in your blog. Lets bash the Press Demo. They get paid for their product and they still screw it up through bias and dishonest presentations.
LOL I hear ya man. It was how I felt at the moment and I may have been a bit harsh, but I call it like I see it. Maybe I was wrong lumping all of them into one group, but it’s proven to be true 90% of the time…Even I can be an asshole!
Leave my birkenstocks out of this!!