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["Valli.Heather" <valli AT niehs.nih.gov>]

Depending on where you move to, NC may or may not be an improvement.
RTP (Research Triangle Park, between Durham and Raleigh) has brought a
bit of the bobo to NC. There are some old money areas in Raleigh, and
even a few in Durham, but  the rest of the Triangle is pretty
boboesque.

Heather V.


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> From:         saundrakaerubel.com
> Reply To:     InterNetWorkers
> Sent:         Thursday, September 7, 2000 6:33 PM
> To:   InterNetWorkers
> Subject:      [internetworkers] Re: Decoding the Bobos -- two great
> books
> 
> Hi
> 
> This will probably start a flame war.  But I am entitled to my well
> formed opinion based on what I see here in CA, and how it has
> changed in 40 years.
> 
> I am reading Bobos Now, and I live with the Bobos in Silicon
> Valleydise.  Yeah well, they wear t-shirts and jeans and have no
> social skills or social sense.  I really do not mind the t-shirts,
> but not at a dinner party.  And I prefer to dine with people who
> know how to eat.  I wish they all had some semblance of manners.
> But then I am from another generation where you cared about your
> appearance and other such oh-so establishment things.
> Having money does not mean you have class or taste.  Just because
> they can buy a 2 million dollar mansion for cash and not furnish it
> as a 'Statement', says to me, they are strange. (in Silly Valley, 2
> million will get you a fixer upper - see
> http://www.saundrakaerubel.com/house.jpg for what $675,000 buys you
> - not my house thank you)
> 
> I hate what Silicon Valley has become and thus am moving to North
> Carolina in two months.  I guess I am a TechnoAristocrat.
> 
> try reading the Talmud  and the Internet also, another short read.
> 
> Oh boy, I can see the flame war now.........
> 
> At 04:08 PM 09/07/2000 -0400, Linda Watson wrote:
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