Maybe I misunderstood your intended message, but I’ve never known anyone to use the term ‘yuppie’ in a positive way.
Yes, you have a point:
From Wikipedia: Yuppie, short for "
young urban professional" or "
young upwardly-mobile professional",
[1][2] is a term coined in the early 1980s for a young
professional person working
in a city.
[3] The term is first attested in 1980, when it was used as a fairly neutral
demographic label, but by the mid-to-late 1980s, when
a "yuppie backlash" developed due to concerns over issues such as gentrification, some writers began using the term pejoratively. [Italics added for emphasis]
But here is a definition from Merriam Webster:
yuppie: [noun] a young college-educated adult who is employed in a well-paying profession and who lives and works in or near a large city.
That is a positive definition. So yes, people have used and do use "yuppie" in a positive way.
I could have used the word "millenial" or "gen Y" or "gen Z". And in the context of my post, my post would likely have
still have been construed perjoratively.
You know why? That was my intent. Why was that my intent. Because I have been in some tiny houses. I have viewed many tiny houses on HGTV. I have also been, in person, in many 5th wheel units. My conclusion is that, on the whole, the space, utility, and amenities
for similarly priced 5th wheels, greatly surpass that of tiny houses. In fact, being an observer of our culture, I see tiny houses as an overpriced fad among the younger generations. I have no doubt there may be (rare?) exceptions. Bad decisions are often based on fads. And younger or ill-informed folks have a greater tendency to be drawn in by fads.
Further, my post was stated in an "RV Forum. I believed that we had a user base that was not going to be offended, or accuse the writer of "shaming" just because a legitimate, educated comparison is made between the value of a 5th wheel over a "tiny house." Or associate a demographic that tends to gush over such things.
I was responding to an individual of an age similar to mine and with whom I share a similar aspiration.
And one final (or semi-final) observation: In today's culture, if anyone expresses any opinion about anything, someone will be offended or accuse the person of "shaming."
Here are a couple more relevant and common definitions:
"Snowflake": Slang. a person who is easily offended, overly sensitive, or emotionally fragile. A person for whom a "safe space" is required.
"Safe space": [from Merriam Webster]
safe space: [noun] a place (as on a college campus) intended to be free of bias, conflict, criticism, or potentially threatening actions, ideas, or conversations.
Here is a book I came across on Amazon that portrays a used 5th wheel as a great retirement option.
In fact, there are several books with the same RV theme shown
HERE.