Why Not “Orguppies”?
The Times gets through a whole feature on “oppies” - roughly, organic yuppies - without mentioning A2 once. Instead, the story focuses on Columbia and Dutchess counties in upstate New York, where ex-Manhattanite professionals settle to live out their granola dreams. It’s almost like the A2 student/townie tension in reverse - here, it’s the Bobos clashing with an established population, for example, opposing a supermarket that the locals have wanted for years because it would be unsightly. Of course, unlike A2 locals, it’s unclear whether these long-time residents experience much benefit from the transients - unless angora goat wool socks sewn by a urologist are exactly the kind of product they’ve always wanted without realizing it.
Note to A2 townies - the piece doesn’t mention anything about couches on porches anywhere in the piece. Hint. Hint. Haven’t you always thought the Hudson Valley would be a neat place to live?