Another commenter here notes that "People have been hating yuppies since as long as the concept has existed" but as a yuppie myself, this misses something more

Another commenter here notes that "People have been hating yuppies since as long as the concept has existed" but as a yuppie myself, this misses something more crucial to me: the disconnect between the techno-utopian ideology of the bay area and the (apparently?) increasing divide between haves/have-nots. Something about the juxtaposition just really troubles me. Of course, there are larger social trends happening here that complicate the picture, such as a shift in the distribution of poverty between urban and suburban areas: http://www.brookings.edu/research/books/2013/confrontingsuburbanpovertyinamerica http://www.brookings.edu/research/books/2013/confrontingsubu... There are people who say that it's okay because these technologies of convenience will eventually become affordable for everyone, essentially a trickle-down theory of technological progress. Maybe that's true. I just want to avoid an Elysium-like scenario of futuristic enclaves surrounded by poverty-stricken shantytowns. As long as we can avoid that, I'll be much happier about building the future.