Northern Preppy vs. Southern Preppy

[Rudey]

Hi I got into Cambridge, Oxford, the sorbonne, Caltech, Harvard, Princeton (to name drop a few) and I decided to go to Pace in NYC because it's all about the NY thang for me. Hardy har har they rock.

-Rudey
--And Pace guys all wear their collars up so don't mess with us! O'Doyle rules!!!!

[FAB*SpiceySpice]

Originally posted by AOIIsilver
Has anyone heard of the term "frat-tastic"?

Just curious if it is a word used at your school and whether the connation is good or bad....

Silver

Yeah I have heard that word around here before. That and some other similar terms. The fraternity guys use them jokingly b/c they find them funny. Non greek people who dislike greeks use it as a negative term though.

There was a column in our greek newspaper a while back written by a DU that explained this word and it's meanings perfectly.

[dgfromtx]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
I have italicized some of your errors to help you. You might also wish to work your spacing. Now I didn't get into a school like UCLA or University of Butt Piracy but I go to a pretty good school and I was runner-up in the St. Mary's spelling bee as a mere third grader.

And yes, Rudey, O'Doyle does rule.

Haha. Don't forget "mis-spelled."

[Rudey]

Originally posted by Stepford_Wife
All of you are absolutely ridiculous.
If you think "Birks" are preppy, than Phish is, too.

Polos/khakis/button downs/boat shoes....now THAT is preppy chic.






Peasants.

No that's middle class preppy. Of course I'm so rich I have condoms made from other people's dicks and Donald Trump delivers my papers (I don't even tip him).

-Rudey

[cashmoney]

Originally posted by Munchkin03
Just UF and FSU...

Well, they're old schools and all......and they're technically in the south...but the types of people who go to college at those schools arent your traditional "southerners" like those students at Ole Miss, Bama and UGA. I think its more the student body and the city in which the school is in that makes a school have that "southern" feel to it.

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by cutiepatootie
I detest ignorent ppl

"Ignorant" is misspelled. That's very funny.

[SATX*APhi]

Originally posted by dgfromtx
izod? lol. well, if i were in Mississippi i'd say that's a definite match (i say that b/c @ the cotton bowl this is ALL i saw.)

in texas for the most part, guys wear kenneth cole and polo (dont forget to roll the sleeves!)....put that with a pair of 'trendy' denim jeans and some nice shoes, and you have your 'typical' texas preppy boy.

no popped collars here in full force yet. i see a few, and i cringe and hope they will fade away very fast.


(overalls only @ a&m... haha)

edit: i forgot abercrombie.

Haha! Kitso owns a pair of overalls! LOL

[astroAPhi]

HAHA! I can so see Kitso wearing his overalls drinking Shiner Bock!

Originally posted by SATX*APhi
Haha! Kitso owns a pair of overalls! LOL

not JUST overalls, DICKIES!!

Course, they were for Bonfire. THey didn't get washed for 2 years of Cut. I don't know where they are now though.

Kitso
KS 361 times i'm glad my most pressing concern was if the brown flops or the navy blue flops would match my shirt the best

[Glitter650]

Originally posted by Rudey
The mentality is still the same. Palo Alto has a lot of people from Stanford which may not stay there for too long but in that general area, up north from sausalito through Soma and all around, the mentality is a very liberal one...no? Actually I believe the modern day benedict arnold, John Walker came from that area.

This thread is hilarious. By the way I stopped wearing Eddie Bauer in highschool, and rarely wear abercrombie stuff anymore...spread the word because i set the style ok?

-Rudey
--I'm number one. O'Doyle rules.

Well Palo Alto Menlo Park Atherton... generally liberal... yeah... but driving around my old neighborhood you can see quite a few Bush/Cheney bumper stickers and Palo Alto High just put a ban on "freak dancing" at school dances about a year ago.... and at my high school a condom program was shut down by conservative parents....so definitely not SUPER liberal.... but up here in the city... oh yeah definitely MUCH more liberal... that's undeniable... but just because it's liberal doesn't mean it's "hippie"
oh and yeah... Palo Alto kids don't wear Eddie Bauer clothing... just the backpacks and I'll be sure to send word down there about Abercrombie... although I might be shot by the managers of the MAMOUTH abercrombie store in the Stanford mall for stifiling their sales.....

ETA... HEHEHE we are ALWAYS telling one of our sisters "O'Doyle Rules cause that really is her last name

[Optimist Prime]

I rock the colar of pink polo shirt

wear flip flops

dead on with cargo shorts

also jeans with sweaters when it pisses down rain, like today

[KillarneyRose]

Originally posted by Glitter650
Well Palo Alto Menlo Park Atherton... generally liberal... yeah... but driving around my old neighborhood you can see quite a few Bush/Cheney bumper stickers and Palo Alto High just put a ban on "freak dancing" at school dances about a year ago.... and at my high school a condom program was shut down by conservative parents....so definitely not SUPER liberal.... but up here in the city... oh yeah definitely MUCH more liberal... that's undeniable... but just because it's liberal doesn't mean it's "hippie"
oh and yeah... Palo Alto kids don't wear Eddie Bauer clothing... just the backpacks and I'll be sure to send word down there about Abercrombie... although I might be shot by the managers of the MAMOUTH abercrombie store in the Stanford mall for stifiling their sales.....

ETA... HEHEHE we are ALWAYS telling one of our sisters "O'Doyle Rules cause that really is her last name

[hijack]
What is Menlo Park like? Is it a wealthy area compared to the places surrounding it? I'm asking because one of my friends from college just moved there and bought a house and I'm really nosy when it comes to other peoples' financial situations
[/hijack]

[Rudey]

Originally posted by KillarneyRose
[hijack]
What is Menlo Park like? Is it a wealthy area compared to the places surrounding it? I'm asking because one of my friends from college just moved there and bought a house and I'm really nosy when it comes to other peoples' financial situations
[/hijack]

Some parts are..extravagant. A lot of the prices have dropped after the Techs took a hit though but the Allied Arts area is nice.

-Rudey
--I wouldn't summer there.

[Lil' Hannah]

Originally posted by KillarneyRose

The glaring exception would be UVA, though. Maybe because it's in the south? Or because it's so darn hard to get into?

Funny you should mention UVA, I was just down there this weekend for Foxfields. Most of the guys were so ridiculous looking it was funny. Seersucker suits, 3 types of madras, embroidered sweaters, bow ties, boat shoes, straw hats. It was cute but I couldn't look at any of them seriously. Especially the guy with the embroidered whale pants, the pink bowtie, and the madras blazer. Guess that would be Northern Preppy.

[Glitter650]

Well really Menlo Park is a pretty "typical" suburban area... it has a lot of trees and homes without fences... it has areas that are nicer than others and a bit more expensive... some large homes some smaller... mainly white people...normal homes in the "less expensive" areas start about 700 I'd say (maybe more...) and that's a small house... and the nicer homes are about a million. it's actually kinda the "middle" of the road compared to the surrounding cities... although none of the cities in the area are really hurting for money.....Atherton (right next door) is a LOT more exclusive and expensive... Atherton doesn't even have any businesses when you drive through it's all really big huge gates and long driveways.... Redwood City (on the other side of Atherton) is a bit less expensive (but also a bigger city) If your friends moved to Menlo Park, they're doing pretty well.. even if it's not one of the more pricey areas of the city. Allied Arts area is a very pretty area I had a lot of friends who lived in that neighborhood and we used to go play by the creek... I also like Sharon Heights...