This week's question: Urban hipster enclaves like Brooklyn are seeing an influx of grandparents from the suburbs who are moving back into the city to enjoy its many cool amenities. What should this cohort of graying gentrifiers be called?
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RESULTS:
THE WINNER: The Brooklyn Codgers
James Smith, Mill Valley, Calif.
SECOND PLACE: Artificial Hip-sters
Catherine Jacobs, New York City
THIRD PLACE: Generation Rx
Mark Bernstein, Indianapolis
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Bridge Work and Carpal Tunnel Crowd
Paul Raff, Santa Monica, Calif.
The Return of the Natives
Joan Mohlenhoff, Monterey, Calif.
Oldies but Hoodies
Maureen McKinney, Warminster, Pa
Rich people
Joan Petty, Prescott, Ariz.
Broken Hipsters
Jerry Lippincott, Lincoln, Neb.
The Brooklyn Boomers
Paul Giorgianni, New York City
Boomerangs
John Kasprak, West Hartford, Conn.
Gen X-Lax
Mark Schaffer, Ballston Lake, N.Y.
Nifty Shades of Gray
Susan Zivich, Munster, Ind.
Greighbors
Walter Henegar, Atlanta
Metromucils
Bill Cherry, Perkasie, Pa.
Guppies (Geriatric Urban Post-Professionals)
Rick D’Arienzo, Marietta, Ga.
Waves of Grayin’
Roger Gilkeson, Washington, D.C.
The Inwardly Immobile
J. Curran, Phoenix
The Walking Dead
Hannah Newhall, Tampa
The Old and the Restless
Philip White, Hillcrest, N.Y.
Gen XC
John Mabbott, Auburn, Wash.
The Gray Mafia
Nadine Warner, Chicago
