Yuppies in Bozeman?

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:50 am

While I have attended the University of Montana I have learned to deal with Trustafarians. The hippie like know it all students that bank off of Mommy and Daddy's trust fund money. They are not the majority, but they definitely have a presence. With that said, Bozeman is not the Good Ol' Montana town of folklore. You guys have a yuppie infestation and it is time to admit it. Audis and Lattes and Ski Brats OH MY! You can't throw a rock in Bozeman without hitting someone who moved to Bozeman to "Get away from it all". I would much rather have the "enlightened" know it all guy, than the "dude my dad totally owns a dealership" guy. I seem to run into at least one dealership prodigy everytime I go to Bozeman. I guess what it comes down to, is I'll take the "hippies" over the giant tools.

Not a sports smack, but than again neither is calling Missoula a hippie town. Seriously, if you were going to smack Missoula about anything pick the inversion or the ugliness that is Mt. Setinel. The world's most efficient sunshine blocking device. Missoula really dosn't have that many hippies. (we do have transients, I'll give you that!)

BozoneCat · Post by **BozoneCat** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:56 am

I'll take the yuppies any day of the week over the dirty stinking hippies, which Missoula is indeed full of. At least yuppies shower and don't smell. To each his own though, I guess that is probably one reason why you like Missoula, and I like Bozeman!

catsrback76 · Post by **catsrback76** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:02 am

BozoneCat wrote:I'll take the yuppies any day of the week over the dirty stinking hippies, which Missoula is indeed full of. At least yuppies shower and don't smell. To each his own though, I guess that is probably one reason why you like Missoula, and I like Bozeman!

Yuppies are US. The Baby Boomers who have to have it all. We want our cake and eat it too. We are the entitled ones...the Nam-ers... we love Apocalyse Now, Clockwork Orange, and Starbucks coffee. So what? We are the WORLD!

And yes-- WE DO WANT OUR KIDS TO GO TO THE BEST UNIVERSITY MONEY CAN BUY!!! So take THAT-- you HIPPIE____________! d-UM-b U will NEVER BE AN option for us.

SO take the drifters, freeloaders, the down an outters- who come out. AND we WILL BUY the best for our BEST. GO CATS!!!

gtapp · Post by **gtapp** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:35 am

You have the inversion and the ugliness that is Mt. Setinel.

UMclassof2002 · Post by **UMclassof2002** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:47 am

UM owns you

catamaran · Post by **catamaran** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 10:57 am

See above sig

UMclassof2002 · Post by **UMclassof2002** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:02 am

catamaran wrote: See above sig

Shi t fool, this is Bball season.

catamaran · Post by **catamaran** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:05 am

It'll be same sig, different score

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:32 am

Best University money can buy huh, well now that would probably be either Carroll or Rocky in Billings. While I will fight tooth and nail over the fact that smart students go to ALL Montana univeristies (My former roommate at UM is currently enjoying her Law Schooling at Georgetown, ever heard of Georgetown? hmmm...she did alright from UM) You just cannot compete with the professor student ratios at private schools. Biggest criticism I have for my education is that I am just another face in the crowd. You get way more attention at a private school. You can succeed or fail at UM it is up to you. I personally take advantage of the Davidson's Honors college to ensure my future success.

Believe whatever you want to about Missoula there are very few "hippies" here. Transients and trustafarians yes; hippies not so much.

UMclassof2002 · Post by **UMclassof2002** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:32 am

catamaran wrote:It'll be same sig, different score

When the time comes, you better be ready to dollar up on that my man

lifeloyalsigmsu · Post by **lifeloyalsigmsu** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:56 am

Topher wrote:While I have attended the University of Montana I have learned to deal with Trustafarians. The hippie like know it all students that bank off of Mommy and Daddy's trust fund money. They are not the majority, but they definitely have a presence. With that said, Bozeman is not the Good Ol' Montana town of folklore. You guys have a yuppie infestation and it is time to admit it. Audis and Lattes and Ski Brats OH MY! You can't throw a rock in Bozeman without hitting someone who moved to Bozeman to "Get away from it all". I would much rather have the "enlightened" know it all guy, than the "dude my dad totally owns a dealership" guy. I seem to run into at least one dealership prodigy everytime I go to Bozeman. I guess what it comes down to, is I'll take the "hippies" over the giant tools.

Not a sports smack, but than again neither is calling Missoula a hippie town. Seriously, if you were going to smack Missoula about anything pick the inversion or the ugliness that is Mt. Setinel. The world's most efficient sunshine blocking device. Missoula really dosn't have that many hippies. (we do have transients, I'll give you that!)

Missoula pretty much still has a larger population than Bozeman and don't forget Hamilton and Stevensville. WHen you talk about that area, you'll run into many more trustafarians, yuppies, environmental freaks, and the monetarily "affluent" types who just wanted to "get away from it all".

It's absolutely ridiculous to base your opinions on an n=3 or so sample size in terms of visits to Bozeman simply because you met a few people whose family "owns a dealership".

eRat-a-Cat-er · Post by **eRat-a-Cat-er** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:00 pm

Bozeman, the best last place!

Topher · Post by **Topher** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:00 pm

lifeloyalsigmsu,

Do I gather from your post that you disagree with my synopsis of Bozeman? I have been to Bozeman about thirty times since going to college, as it is on the way home. My sample size (or "n" as you put it) is far greater than 3. If you do not believe that Bozeman has a yuppie problem I will listen to your argument. As for Missoula itself (Stevensville/Hamilton are 20-30 miles away respectively) I would say that yes there is a Yuppie presence, but not to the same degree. If you count Stevi and Hamilton then I get to throw in Big Sky. I believe that is check and mate good sir!

Sincerely Toph

lifeloyalsigmsu · Post by **lifeloyalsigmsu** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:06 pm

Topher wrote:Best University money can buy huh, well now that would probably be either Carroll or Rocky in Billings. While I will fight tooth and nail over the fact that smart students go to ALL Montana univeristies (My former roommate at UM is currently enjoying her Law Schooling at Georgetown, ever heard of Georgetown? hmmm...she did alright from UM) You just cannot compete with the professor student ratios at private schools. Biggest criticism I have for my education is that I am just another face in the crowd. You get way more attention at a private school. You can succeed or fail at UM it is up to you. I personally take advantage of the Davidson's Honors college to ensure my future success.

Believe whatever you want to about Missoula there are very few "hippies" here. Transients and trustafarians yes; hippies not so much.

I don't care if you get coddled by a professor to student ratio of 3:1 or 4:1; you get what you put into it. I simply heeded the fact that financial aid was paying for my ass and if I didn't take advantage of that, then I wouldn't be in school. I personally took advantage of a little thing called personal responsibility to ensure I made it through school. I guarantee my education and success would have been no better had I attended a private school for 2-3 times the tuition versus the "impersonal" public university known as MSU.

I can't even count how many people I know who went to the public institution at MSU, gone on to the WWAMI medical program, and became physicians. I can say the same for many successful business men and woman who attended MSU, and I have a couple of buddies who attended law school at not only Vanderbilt (just as good as Georgetown) but one also went to Yale and one went to Columbia.

You get out of your education what you put into it. When comparing MSU to private schools such as Rocky and Carroll, it makes no difference. I just chose not to pay much more in tuition to get just as quality of an education.

I can't and won't vouch for um. I'll tell you why I don't respect the academics there. WHen I was applying to pharmacy school, I applied to 8 schools. 7 of them contacted me to invite me for an interview at their respective schools. The 8th school looked at me on paper, sent me a letter saying I was accepted, and gave me a deadline to respond along with a request for a deposit if I decided to go there. You know which school that was? The UM School of Pharmacy.

I chose the University of Washington.

UMclassof2002 · Post by **UMclassof2002** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:08 pm

lifeloyalsigmsu wrote: The 8th school looked at me on paper, sent me a letter saying I was accepted, and gave me a deadline to respond along with a request for a deposit if I decided to go there. You know which school that was? The UM School of Pharmacy.

Affirative Action rules!

lifeloyalsigmsu · Post by **lifeloyalsigmsu** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:09 pm

Topher wrote:lifeloyalsigmsu,

Do I gather from your post that you disagree with my synopsis of Bozeman? I have been to Bozeman about thirty times since going to college, as it is on the way home. My sample size (or "n" as you put it) is far greater than 3. If you do not believe that Bozeman has a yuppie problem I will listen to your argument. As for Missoula itself (Stevensville/Hamilton are 20-30 miles away respectively) I would say that yes there is a Yuppie presence, but not to the same degree. If you count Stevi and Hamilton then I get to throw in Big Sky. I believe that is check and mate good sir!

Sincerely Toph

So I guess the 7 years I lived in Bozeman wouldn't merit any clout to my argument. Thanks but I know better.

You keep telling yourself that. I never disagreed with the fact that yuppies are in both places but you need to understand that the population of the Gallatin Valley as well as Big Sky since you so conveniently added it isn't near that what the population of Missoula and the entire Bitteroot Valley is.

Oops, your check and mate was just shot out of the water.......

lifeloyalsigmsu · Post by **lifeloyalsigmsu** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:11 pm

UMclassof2002 wrote:
lifeloyalsigmsu wrote: The 8th school looked at me on paper, sent me a letter saying I was accepted, and gave me a deadline to respond along with a request for a deposit if I decided to go there. You know which school that was? The UM School of Pharmacy.

Affirative Action rules!

Yeah it really helped this mid 20's white male......

UMclassof2002 · Post by **UMclassof2002** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:13 pm

lifeloyalsigmsu wrote:
UMclassof2002 wrote:
lifeloyalsigmsu wrote: The 8th school looked at me on paper, sent me a letter saying I was accepted, and gave me a deadline to respond along with a request for a deposit if I decided to go there. You know which school that was? The UM School of Pharmacy.

Affirative Action rules!
Yeah it really helped this mid 20's white male......

Just FMI, what were the other schools besides UM and UW? I think I can formulate a defense here but I need that frame of reference.

lifeloyalsigmsu · Post by **lifeloyalsigmsu** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:40 pm

UMclassof2002 wrote:
lifeloyalsigmsu wrote:
UMclassof2002 wrote:
lifeloyalsigmsu wrote: The 8th school looked at me on paper, sent me a letter saying I was accepted, and gave me a deadline to respond along with a request for a deposit if I decided to go there. You know which school that was? The UM School of Pharmacy.

Affirative Action rules!
Yeah it really helped this mid 20's white male......
Just FMI, what were the other schools besides UM and UW? I think I can formulate a defense here but I need that frame of reference.

WSU, UC-San Francisco, U of Kentucky, U North Carolina, U of Minnesota, U of Michigan

I interviewed at UC SF, UW, UK, and U Michigan

UMclassof2002 · Post by **UMclassof2002** » Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:53 pm

lifeloyalsigmsu wrote:
UMclassof2002 wrote:
lifeloyalsigmsu wrote:
UMclassof2002 wrote:
lifeloyalsigmsu wrote: The 8th school looked at me on paper, sent me a letter saying I was accepted, and gave me a deadline to respond along with a request for a deposit if I decided to go there. You know which school that was? The UM School of Pharmacy.

Affirative Action rules!
Yeah it really helped this mid 20's white male......
Just FMI, what were the other schools besides UM and UW? I think I can formulate a defense here but I need that frame of reference.
WSU, UC-San Francisco, U of Kentucky, U North Carolina, U of Minnesota, U of Michigan

I interviewed at UC SF, UW, UK, and U Michigan

Obviously you were a very qualified candidate. Correct me if I am wrong, but I think UM's Pharm program is kind of like a Boise State football program if you will. They have made the commitment to facilities and trying to build a winner, but they don't have the tradition that those other schools have. When you are in that position, even if you are on the right track, you don't have the luxury of being deliberate in your selections - if you see a student with the stats, you try to snatch them up before they fully show up on the radar of the more established guys. I say props to UM for recognizing and making a quick offer on a qualified candidate.

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